Articles by Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE)
Journalist kidnapped, tortured while covering clashes in Egypt
Mohamed Heiza Bazid, a journalist for the Welad El Balad Foundation, was kidnapped and tortured while covering clashes between supporters and opponents to the Muslim Brotherhood on 26 June 2013. Protests have been erupting anew in Egypt as the anniversary of President Mohamed Morsi’s one year in office draws near.
One year into Morsi’s rule, rights groups warn of alarming state of human rights in Egypt
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Mohamed Morsi’s rule, 20 Egyptian rights organisations call on Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood to respect the principles of the democratic process that brought them to power in the first place.