On March 6, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) published its 2022-27 Egypt Country Strategy. The undersigned organizations commend the EBRD’s more realistic appraisal of the human rights situation in Egypt …
Egypt: National Security, Public Prosecution, and Abbasiya Mental Health Hospital implicated in suspicious death of economist Ayman Hadhoud
View PostEgypt: Halt execution of 16 men sentenced to death by an Emergency Court
The undersigned human rights organizations call upon the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to halt the execution of 16 people sentenced to death in July 2021, in Case No. …
IMF: Prioritize Social Protection in Egypt Loan Talks
New Rights-Respecting Approach Needed in Any New Agreement The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should ensure that any new loan program with Egypt expands social protection, strengthens judicial independence, and addresses corruption and …
Egypt: Execution of seven people following unfair trials further exposes hollowness of state’s claims to new human rights strategy
The signatory human rights organizations condemn the execution of seven people in Egypt on 8 and 10 March 2022, following trials in which the defendants were forcibly disappeared, tortured, and …
Egypt: End arbitrary detention, Free all arbitrarily detained persons
Twelve Egyptian activists have been on hunger strike since early February 2022 in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention at Tora Prison Complex. Among them, Abdelrahman Tarek (Moka), Ahmed Maher …
Egypt: CIHRS calls for genuine human rights progress at National Council for Human Rights
Mohamed Zaree to the National Council: Dialogue without genuine political will for reform is propaganda intended to mislead local and international communities about human rights progress in Egypt Mohamed Zaree, …
Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, which has now been ongoing …
Egypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, the detained father of a prominent Egyptian rights defender living in the US, or immediately release him to receive medical attention …