The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ continued policy of not releasing political detainees after the end of their prison term or after dropping charges against them. Political …
Egypt: Detainees Ensnared in Prison System by Illegitimate Practice of “Recycling Cases”
Tampering with Egypt’s judiciary to keep government critics perpetually behind bars The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s illegitimate practice of “recycling cases,” and call for …
Egypt: Recent Decision on Case 173 Does Not Mean that the Human Rights Crisis is Over
On 20 March, the investigative judge in Case no. 173 of 2011 announced the dismissal of charges against five human rights organizations, in the case known as the “NGO Foreign …
The National Strategy: Two Years of Denying the Ongoing Human Rights Crisis
Position Paper Introduction: On 13 December 2022, Egypt’s Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights (SSCHR) issued a report titled “The National Strategy for Human Rights: A Year of Implementation,”[1] lauding …
Egypt’s 2024 Presidential Elections: A Dead End
View PostEgypt: Following assault on prisoners of conscience in Badr 1 Prison, wife of detained human rights lawyer Mohamed El Baqer arrested this morning from her home
In a serious escalation of violence against activists and human rights defenders held in Badr 1 Prison, security forces arrested Mrs. Neama Hesham from her home this morning; her whereabouts …
Egypt: Mohamed ‘Oxygen’ must be immediately and unconditionally released after being detained 3 years in retaliation for journalistic work
The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to promptly intervene to end the detention of blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, known as Mohamed Oxygen, cease all …
Egypt: Human rights demands requisite to a credible national dialogue accountable to the public
View PostEgypt: Rights organizations send new list of prisoners to Presidential Pardon Committee and call on Egyptian government to resolve the prisoners’ file
Three months following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to reactivate the Presidential Pardon Committee, the undersigned human rights organizations call for political detainees to be pardoned. Yesterday 27 July, …
Egypt: Comprehensively close the NGO Foreign Funding Case
The undersigned human rights organizations demand a genuine and comprehensive closure of Case no. 173 of 2011, known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, and all the consequent decisions that …