< p style=”text-align: left;”> < p style=”text-align: left;”> The undersigned organizations express their deep regret and strong condemnation of the excessive force used by army and security forces against supporters …
Closure of Islamist media channels and arrest of some of its staff: clear violation of media freedom
The undersigned organizations express their concern regarding the exceptional procedures taken yesterday against Islamist satellite channels, which included the breaking by security forces into offices of those channels, arrest of …
To Resolve Current Political Crisis:
Rule of Law Must Be the Basis of the State
The undersigned organizations declare their profound respect for the overwhelming uprising of the Egyptian people, who on June 30 set out to boldly challenge the political despotism, which had now …
One year into Mohamed Morsi’s term
Manifold abuses and the systematic undermining of the rule of law
Joint press release by 20 rights organizations The undersigned organizations regret to announce that the status of human rights in Egypt has deteriorated alarmingly in the one year since the …
Sentencing “Karam Saber” to five years for charges of defamation of religion is a flagrant violation of freedom of opinion and expression
The undersigned organizations condemn the sentence in absentia by the Beba court of misdemeanor in Beni Eouief (see below) against writer and human rights activist and director of the …
20 Egyptian organizations in solidarity with the NGO workers sentenced to prison:
Politically motivated case a fatal blow to freedom of expression and association
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations condemn in the strongest terms the verdict issued on June 4 by the Cairo Criminal Court which convicted 43 staff members of international NGOs in …
The Muslim Brotherhood lays the foundations for a new police state by exceeding the Mubarak regime’s mechanisms to suppress civil society
The undersigned associations and organizations are deeply concerned by attempts to suppress civil society institutions, especially human rights organizations. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and …
In a statement this morning: The UN High Commissioner expresses concern regarding state of human rights in Egypt; asserts that new draft law on associations endangers Egyptian civil society, violates Egypt’s international commitments
Today, 8 May 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued a statement in which she expressed her deep concern regarding the critical state of human …
Ministry of Justice’s NGO draft law:
Putting an end to the work of civil society
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies rejects in full the draft NGO law prepared by the Ministry of Justice. This draft law was the subject of a discussion in …
Release the Public Budget to the People… Now!
Continuing with the blackout approach by the regime, the Minister of Finance presents the 2013-2014 draft budget to the Shura Council without making it available to citizens. Early this April …