In the wake of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s announcement on 25 October lifting the emergency law across the country, the undersigned rights organizations assert that this has negligible impact in …
Egypt: Torture is systematic and those who perpetrate it enjoy complete impunity
View PostEgypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer to trial in the …
World Day Against the Death Penalty: Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt
View PostCIHRS issues the Arabic edition of: Creating Time Bombs: How Abuse in Egypt’s Prisons Fuels Isis Recruitment
View PostEgypt: Human rights catastrophe results from lack of political will, not lack of a national strategy to whitewash reality
Respect for human rights in Egypt – where the most fundamental rights to life, bodily integrity, and justice are violated by state institutions and agencies on a daily basis – …
Egypt: After 19 months of pre-trial detention, Patrick Zaki’s trial begins tomorrow before the Emergency Court
The undersigned organizations condemn the indictment of Patrick George Zaki by the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) on charges of “spreading false news inside and outside of the country”, based …
Egypt: 10 rights groups stand in solidarity with members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms referred to Emergency Court
Ten human rights organizations today declared their full solidarity with leaders and members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, whose trial begins this Saturday, 11 September, before an …
Egypt: Government should stop treating human rights defenders as hostages while negotiating US military aid and put an end to a decade of security and judicial prosecutions against them
View PostEgypt: Sisi should commute death sentences of 12 men in politically-motivated mass trial
Egypt is among the worst countries in the world with respect to human rights violations related to its application of the death penalty. Between 2018 and the end of 2020, …