Arbitrary detention Abduction of mathematician Manar Adel Abou-El-Naga and her 11-month-old son by Egyptian security apparatus 1 Mar 2021 On March 9, 2019, Manar Adel Abu-El-Naga, a 27-year-old teaching assistant in the mathematics department of Tanta University (Egypt), was arrested at her home in Alexandria with her husband and…
Media Le prix à payer pour s’exprimer dans l’Égypte de Sisi 24 Feb 2021 « Dictateur favori » de Trump et décoré de la grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur par Emmanuel Macron, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi a déchaîné sur la population un Etat policier brutal.…
Mathematical Societies Notices of the AMS: Mathematicians Call on their Colleagues and on Mathematical Societies to Support the Egyptian Mathematician Laila Soueif and her Children 13 Feb 202113 Feb 2021 The Call to Support the Egyptian Mathematician Laila Soueif and her Children appeared in Volume 68 n 3 (March 2021) of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) page…
Mathematical Societies Real Sociedad Matemática Española 25 Jan 2021 The Royal Spanish Mathematical Society has released a statement in support of Egyptian mathematician Laila Soueif and her children.
Mathematical Societies Tunisian Mathematical Society (SMT) 26 Dec 2020 The Tunisian Mathematical Society (SMT) issued a statement denouncing the repression exercised by the Egyptian authorities against Leila Soueif and expressing its unwavering support for their colleague.
Arbitrary detention Alaa Abdel Fattah’s pretrial detention has been renewed for 45 days 23 Dec 2020 The Egyptian Commission on Rights and Freedoms announced that the Cairo Criminal Court had decided to renew the pre-trial detention of Laila Soueif's son, the prominent political activist Alaa Abdel…
Media Interview with Laila Soueif and her daughter Mona Seif in the German newspaper Taz 21 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 Interview with Laila Soueif and her daughter Mona Seif in the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung (Taz), by Karim El-Gawhary, December 20, 2020 „Statt Hoffnung eine Portion Wut“ (Instead of hope,…
Mathematicians Mathematicians for Human Rights: History of the Committee of Mathematicians (1974) 20 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 The international mathematical community is known for its solidarity and its commitment to human rights. In an article entitled “Mathematics, an impossible equation for the Kremlin” (Les maths, impossible équation…
Institutions European Parliament calls for review in relations with Egypt 18 Dec 202022 Dec 2020 The European Parliament passed a resolution on December 18, 2020 on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt. It calls for the immediate and unconditional release of those arbitrarily…
Mathematicians Tuna Altınel supports Laila Soueif 18 Dec 202018 Dec 2020 Tuna Altınel, a mathematician from Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, who is harassed by the Turkish regime, supports Laila Soueif. Tuna Altınel was jailed by the Turkish regime for his…
