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detainee and prisoner deaths • 6 min read
After Afroto, state-led human rights council calls for legal reform to address ‘increasingly intolerable’ torture
Mostafa Mohie | The state-led National Council for Human Rights demands legal amendments to address torture
8 December 2018
detainee and prisoner deaths • 4 min read
Egyptian media outlets provide contradictory information about Afroto’s death
Salma Hindy | Egyptian media outlets have offered a number of explanations for what may have caused Afroto's death
17 January 2018
detainee and prisoner deaths • 16 min read
Death by torture in Moqattam Police Station: The final two hours of Afroto
Basma Mostafa | Mada Masr speaks to friends, family and cellmates to piece together what happened to Afroto
10 January 2018
 
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Afroto • 4 min read
Assistant detective sentenced to 3 years, police officer to 6 months in prison for Afroto’s death
12 November 2018
detainee and prisoner deaths • 3 min read
16 accused of illegal assembly outside police station following Afroto’s death ordered to be released
19 February 2018
 
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