A letter written by a detainee in one of Egypt’s notorious detention centres in Fayoum and smuggled out of an underground cell has provided detailed information on 12 torture tactics used by Egyptian national security guards.

Maryam Siddiqui, daughter of Dr Aafia Siddiqui speaks about her ordeal for the first time in an emotional letter to Maryam Sharif- daughter of the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Dr. Ali Al-Timimi is one of a small group of highly educated, second generation immigrant Islamic activists who were born and raised in the United States.

Iran’s supreme court this week confirmed the death penalty of a Sunni preacher arrested in 2009, according to Al Arabiya News Channel.

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in Guantanamo Bay jail, has been released, Sky sources say.

Shaker Aamer is expected to return to the UK within days, the Mail understands.

Egyptian-born preacher Abu Hamza Al-Masri, serving a life sentence in the US on terrorism charges, has spoken out from his prison cell, exclusively revealing to Asharq Al-Awsat that he has been held in solitary confinement since his extradition from the UK and that the prison authorities have confiscated his prosthetic limbs.

Shaker Aamer has warned his wife and children in London that he may die in captivity and is currently on hunger strike protesting against abuse by officers at the prison camp.