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Radio Free Asia
April 11, 2018
... I heard from his lawyer that he had been transferred to Tora Prison [in Cairo] … On the morning of Eid [the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan on Aug. 31], he texted me, so I called him and we had a long chat … The investigators told him they would never hand him over to the Chinese authorities.
The Independent
April 4, 2018
Morsi is being held in the notorious “Scorpion” section of the Tora prison. Myriad reports have highlighted the cruel and degrading punishments carried out within its walls. A former warden interviewed by Human Rights Watch in 2012 said: “It was designed so that those who go in don't come out again,Ãâà...
Middle East Eye
March 28, 2018
The panel asked to visit Morsi in Tora Prison and assess his situation first-hand earlier this month, but the Egyptian government has not responded. "We draw an inference that the Egyptian government do not wish for independent oversight of Dr Morsi's detention," the report said. A former warden at theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 6, 2018
A cross-party group of senior British MPs has petitioned the Egyptian government to allow access to the jailed former president Mohamed Morsi, amid reports that his health has seriously deteriorated. Morsi is being held in isolation in Tora prison and his family have been allowed to visit him only twice sinceÃâà...
The Sun
December 27, 2017
Now Alisdare Hickson, who spent 54 days in Egyptian custody in 2012, has spoken to Sun Online about his own experiences in Cairo's Tora Prison. The photography enthusiast was arrested on suspicion of throwing rocks at a protest during the political unrest in 2012 - but claimed he was taking pictures forÃâà...
BuzzFeed News
November 11, 2017
Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS militants locked up together inside the cramped, dingy cells of Cairo's notorious Tora prison had been arguing endlessly over religion and politics. The ISIS prisoners refused to eat next to the Brotherhood inmates, and ordered their followers not to prayÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
October 30, 2017
Police and army soldiers are seen in front of a tank as they guard outside Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, July 30, 2015. Ãâé 2015 Reuters. The fight against one of Egypt's most notorious prisons, where numerous political prisoners are held, has moved forward one small step. The State Commissioners'Ãâà...
Radio Free Asia
September 25, 2017
Egyptian authorities have released up to 25 of more than 100 Uyghur students from northwestern China's Xinjiang region who were detained earlier this year in the country's notorious Tora Prison, though armed police put black hoods on 16 others and took them away, three recently released Uyghurs said.
Haaretz
September 5, 2017
Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entrances of Tora prison, in Cairo, Egypt, in this Aug. 2, 2015 file photo.Hassan Ammar/AP. Kushner praises Trump's 'great deal' with Egypt's Sissi, 'who basically destroyed Muslim Brotherhood' Ãâ÷ Egyptian intel agency hires American PR firms to boostÃâà...
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