The undersigned rights organizations condemn the execution of nine young men on Wednesday February 20th following an unjust, politicized trial rife with torture and due process violations. We further reject …
Egypt: Rights groups condemn latest surge in executions following unfree and unfair trials
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ latest spate of executions, with three people executed by hanging on February 13 and another three people hanged less than a week …
Egypt: Proposed amendments threaten stability and sanction lifelong presidency
The undersigned independent rights organizations and institutions unequivocally reject the proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution; supported by the president and put up for parliamentary debate after their approval by a …
Egypt: President Macron meets with Egyptian rights defenders
Mohamed Zaree: International community must not sanction disregard for constitutional presidential term limits Mohamed Zaree, the director of the Egypt office of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met …
Egypt: President must uphold, not manipulate the Constitution
The undersigned independent human rights organizations call on all independent voices able to speak up freely to pressure President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his commitment to complying with Egypt’s …
UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt
(Geneva, December 12, 2018) – The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked people who engaged with the …
Free Amal Fathy! End the crackdown of human rights organisations and defenders in Egypt
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KISA and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcome and support the Women’s Film Days, …
Egypt: 43 days after former MP’s disappearance, state denies knowledge of his fate while emphasizing his fugitive status
Find Mustafa Al Naggar The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the location and fate of Dr. Mustafa Al Naggar, a former member of Parliament …
Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations
With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise …
Egypt: President grants immunity for military commanders in exchange for lifelong hold on power
On November 1st, marking 100 days since the Egyptian Parliament’s adoption of Law 161 of 2018 on the treatment of senior military commanders, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
JOINT LETTER: Don’t provide political cover for brutal repression of Egyptian government
65 local and international civil society organizations sent a letter to Ms. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to protest the Commission holding its …
Egypt: Wide-scale arrests of rights defenders target Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms
The undersigned independent rights organizations are gravely concerned by wide -scale arrests targeting human rights defenders with the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), an organization supporting victims of …
JOINT LETTER TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT AL SISI OF EGYPT
Dear Chancellor Merkel, Your upcoming meeting with President Al-Sisi of Egypt provides a crucial opportunity to raise concerns regarding the crackdown on the independent human rights movement in the country, …
Egypt: 12-year old child forcibly disappeared and held in solitary confinement in state’s “fight against terrorism”
Save Abdullah Boumedine The undersigned organizations condemn the unlawful measures taken by the Egyptian authorities against Abdullah Boumedine Nasr al-Din, age 12, of the town of Arish in the Sinai …
Report: Civilians hastily executed without due process protections by Egyptian military courts
Today October 15, six independent rights organizations released a new report as part of the campaign to end capital punishment in Egypt. The report, “Military Execution,” examines the state-sponsored killing …