The undersigned rights organizations express their deep concern regarding the Ministry of Social Solidarity’s latest draft of the bill regulating non-governmental organizations, and declare it a flagrant breach of the …
Prison sentence for al-Jazeera journalists: harsh punishment and a grave violation of media freedom in Egypt
The undersigned organizations condemn the conviction handed down yesterday by the Cairo Felony Court, which convened in the Police Academy in Tora for the final session of what became known …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with United Nations Deputy High Commissioners for Human Rights
On Friday, June 27th, 2014, Bahey eldin Hassan, director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies held a meeting with Flavia Pansieri, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human …
Disclosure of Personal Information of the Survivors is a Flagrant Violation of their Privacy and Disregard for their Safety
In the first step towards the trial of the perpetrators of the gang rapes and mob-sexual assaults in Tahrir square, the first hearing was held on Wednesday the 25th of …
Rights Groups: Fabricating Charges for Peaceful Protesters and Rights Defenders Continues
Masr el-Gedeida’s Prosecution Jails Protesters and Rights Defenders for 4 Days Pending Investigations Reflecting the Superficiality of Investigations in Protest Cases The undersigned organizations condemn in the strongest possible terms …
Rights groups call for immediate investigation into the latest assaults on women-inmates in Qanater Prison
Political prisoners are subjected to violence and ill-treatment
The government must immediately put in place effective measures to protect prisoners from further abuse, said the undersigned organizations following fresh allegations of beatings and other forms of ill-treatment against …
Administrative Court Lawsuit to Stop Social Media Surveillance
On 17 June 2014, a number of human rights groups and concerned citizens filed lawsuit number 63055/68 in the Administrative Court asking to stop a Ministry of Interior’s tender to …
The Confiscation of Wasla:
A Dangerous Escalation in the Harassment of Human Rights Organizations and Freedom of Opinion and Expression
In an escalation of the crackdown on rights groups, Egyptian security forces have confiscated Issue No. 72 of Wasla, a magazine issued by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information …
Sentencing Activists for 15 years in Absentia Confirms our concerns regarding the right to free and fair trials and the independence of the judiciary
The harsh sentence handed down today in absentia by the Cairo Criminal Court against Alaa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Wael Metwally and 22 others is another severe violation of …