Yesterday morning, November 28th, 2017, the first appeal to revoke the reassignment of investigative judge Hisham Abdel Meguid to Case 173 of 2011, known as the “Foreign Funding Case,” was …
Sale of surveillance technology to Egypt: Paris Prosecutor asked to open a criminal investigation
Paris, 9 November 2017 – This morning, FIDH and the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme, with the support of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, filed a criminal complaint …
Mohamed Zaree honored by 12 ambassadors in Egypt for winning renowned international human rights award
Ambassador Ivan Surkoš, Head of the European Union Delegation to Cairo, hosted a luncheon yesterday, on Wednesday October 25th, in honor of Mohamed Zaree, Director of CIHRS’ Egypt office, who …
Letter to President Emmanuel Macron on President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s official visit to France
President Emmanuel Macron Elysée Palace 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris 20 October 2017 Subject: President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s official visit to France Dear President Macron, In view of Egyptian …
Egypt | Alaa Abdel Fattah imprisoned for five years under a colonial-era law repealed 89 years ago
The undersigned human rights organizations call for the immediate release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a pro-democracy activist who is appealing his five-year prison sentence on Thursday, October 19th at the …
Egypt prevents globally acclaimed activist Mohamed Zaree from traveling to attend human rights award ceremony
As the international community gathers to honor Egyptian human rights defender Mohamed Zaree at the Martin Ennals Award ceremony in Geneva on October 10, the Egyptian government has barred him …
Human rights organizations condemn the crackdown on individuals based on their perceived sexual orientation and gender identity. It criticizes the state’s disregard for the Constitution and the violation of the rights of individuals to privacy and bodily integrity
The undersigned human rights organizations staunchly denounce the Interior Ministry’s crackdown on gay men, trans people and individuals the Egyptian state perceives to be LGBTQ+, which began after several young …
Representatives of authoritarian states hostile to fundamental freedoms should not head UNESCO
The signatory human rights organizations urge UNESCO to reject the candidacy of Moushira Khattab, a nominee for its Director- General post to be selected though election this coming Monday October …
Egypt | Human rights & freedom of expression in Egypt – trapped between security services and the media
Following the escalating violent attempts to suppress and divide civil society organizations, restrict their resources, and increase security measures to silence advocates for human rights and freedom of speech and …
Egypt | Human Rights Organizations and Political Parties: Ruling against Khaled Ali a politicized act of retribution exposing deterioration of Egypt’s justice system
The undersigned organizations and political parties condemn the judgment issued against rights lawyer Khaled Ali yesterday September 25 by the Doqqi Misdemeanor Court. Ali was sentenced to three months imprisonment …