We, the undersigned human rights defenders, are appalled by the unprecedented use of the death penalty in Egypt. Under the current government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the issuance and …
Egypt: Dismiss Charges, Uphold Constitutional Obligations towards Nubians
Thirty-two Nubian activists on trial for peacefully demanding their constitutionally enshrined ‘right of return’ to their ancestral lands are expected to face a final verdict tomorrow March 13, to be …
Egypt | Human rights organizations condemn detention of Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh: Opposition candidates and critics of presidential elections continue to face imprisonment and reprisals
The undersigned organizations denounce the detention of Dr. Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, the head of the opposition party Strong Egypt (a registered political party) on Wednesday February 14th, for 15 days pending …
Egypt |Enforced disappearance is a crime: Rights groups demand information on whereabouts of Hassan al-Banna Mubarak and Mustafa al-Aasar
The undersigned organizations condemn the continued disappearance of journalist Hassan al-Banna Mubarak, age 25, and researcher Mustafa al-Aasar, 26, who works at the Regional Center for Rights and Liberties. Both …
Egypt: Planned Presidential Vote Neither Free Nor Fair EU, US Should Speak Out
The Egyptian government has trampled over even the minimum requirements for free and fair elections for the planned March 26-28, 2018 vote for president, fourteen international and regional rights organizations …
Egypt |The European Parliament calls on Egypt to suspend the death penalty and refrain from using it for counterterrorism purposes
The undersigned rights organizations emphasize that the “unprecedented violations perpetrated by the Egyptian authorities are intensifying the frequency and severity of international condemnations.” Following the High Commissioner for Human Rights …
Egypt | Rights groups: The referral of judges Hisham Raouf and Assem Abd al-Gabbar to a competency hearing is political retaliation
In conjunction with the sixth session of the Supreme Judiciary Council to be held on February 5th, the undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with Judge Hisham Raouf and …
Egypt: Rights organizations condemn the escalating execution of civilians after fundamentally flawed trials in military and anti-terrorism courts
The undersigned organizations condemn the execution of Egyptian citizen Tayseer Odeh Sulaiman, aged 25, on Tuesday January 30, 2018. A military court sentenced Sulaiman to death in a fundamentally flawed …
Egypt: First appeal hearing tomorrow in Case no. 173/2011 for NGO workers sentenced in politically-motivated trial falling below minimum standards of fairness
Tomorrow February 1, 2018, the Cassation Court will hold its first hearing on the appeal in Case no. 173 of 2011, known as the Foreign Funding Case against human rights …
Egypt: Repealed colonial-era law used to sentence 474 Egyptians to death from 2014-2017
To mark the one-year anniversary of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) report Toward the Emancipation of Egypt exposing the Egyptian Parliament’s repeal of the Assembly Law (Law …