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, …
Egypt: Ten Nubian Egyptians arrested in Saudi Arabia one year ago must be released
View PostHuman rights organizations call on Biden to disregard Egyptian government’s demands to imprison Mohamed Soltan and instead hold Egypt accountable for its human rights violations
We, the undersigned groups, are appalled by evidence that the Egyptian government and intelligence apparatus persist in efforts to silence human rights defenders even beyond Egypt’s borders. We call on …
Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary
View PostEgypt: Unconstitutional Law 71 Step Designed to Expand State’s Stranglehold on Information
The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending several provisions of the Penal Code, and published in the Official Gazette on 13 June 2021, as …
Egypt: Weaponizing Counter Terrorism Laws to Silence Human Rights Defenders
(23 June 2021 – Geneva) An online event on Egypt was held on the side-lines of the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) featuring Egyptian …