Today 10 January 2022, the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announced the suspension of its operations in Egypt, after eighteen years of steadfast struggle in defense of free …
NGOs Celebrate Release of Prisoner of Conscience Ramy Shaath and Confirm Need to Mobilize against Repression of Peaceful Activism in Egypt
Today the undersigned non-governmental organizations celebrate the release of Ramy Shaath, a valiant human rights defender who has inspired many in the Palestinian and Egyptian rights communities with his bravery …
Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and four years in prison for …
Egypt: UNDP and Human Rights Groups to Discuss Whitewashing of Human Rights Violations in Development Reporting
View PostEgypt: Freedom now for Ahmed Douma, political activist and writer, demanded by human rights organizations
On 3 December 2021, Ahmed Douma, a writer and political activist who was one of the most prominent symbols and leaders of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year …
Egypt: New amendments ratified by president entrench permanent state of emergency
View PostHuman Rights Concerns Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue
Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 cc: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael Lempert Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human …
Egypt: End Harassment of Rights Defender
Verdict on Hossam Bahgat Speech Charges Due November 29 (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should cease the harassment and persecution of prominent human rights defender and journalist, Hossam Bahgat, who faces abusive charges …
Egypt: UNDP Report Whitewashes Human Rights Violations
(New York, November 22, 2021) — The United Nations Development Program’s September 2021 Egypt Human Development Report includes false and misleading claims, Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …