The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the continued disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, for more than 2000 days to date. The organizations call on the Egyptian …
Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence
The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday 29 September at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a …
Egypt: The Biden Administration Compounds its Human Rights Failures in the Arab Region by Disregarding Human Rights Conditions on Military Assistance
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is dismayed by the Biden administration’s decision, communicated to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday September 11, that it would release the $320 million …
Egypt: Reforming arbitrary pretrial detention requires political will over legal formalities
The recent initiatives undertaken by the Egyptian authorities to amend the maximum duration of pretrial detention are futile if not coupled with measures to end the repressive practices of the …
Human Rights Organizations’ Report to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Egypt: Whitewashing Campaigns Fail to Conceal Human Rights Crisis
Ten Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a joint report on the human rights situation in Egypt, in preparation for the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s …
Egypt: Rights organizations condemn targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions
The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces’ raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts, where they searched it and seized some of its contents, …
Rights Groups Alarmed by Inhumane and Life-Threatening Conditions in Egypt’s Badr Prison
We, the undersigned organizations, are profoundly concerned by the recent and rapid deterioration of conditions inside Egypt’s Badr Rehabilitation and Correctional Center, according to testimonies from detainees’ families. We are …
Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers
The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing targeting of human rights lawyers …
Egypt: Tantawi Arrested in Court to Serve a Prison Sentence for Challenging President Sisi in 2024 Elections
On 27 May, an Egyptian Court of Appeals upheld a February 2024 sentence issued by the Matareya Misdemeanors Court against Ahmed al-Tantawi and 22 of his supporters to one year …