The 80 undersigned human rights organizations reiterate their call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist and former spokesperson of the April 6 Youth Movement, …
Egypt: 2,000 days of arbitrary detention for human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim
The undersigned human rights organizations and the FreeHoda Campaign condemn the prolonged arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim for more than 2,000 days. Following the completion …
Egypt: Sisi’s third presidential term commences with the suppression of citizens’ right to peacefully demonstrate for Palestine
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ arrest of over a dozen Egyptians who peacefully protested in support of Gaza at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate on 3 April. …
Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international …
Egypt: Recent Decision on Case 173 Does Not Mean that the Human Rights Crisis is Over
On 20 March, the investigative judge in Case no. 173 of 2011 announced the dismissal of charges against five human rights organizations, in the case known as the “NGO Foreign …
Egypt: Human Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared
Reprisals Follow Reports on Gaza Border Activity
The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North …
Thirteen Years After Mubarak’s Ouster, Unprecedented Repression and Economic Instability in Egypt
Thirteen years after Egyptians courageously took to the streets and forced the autocratic president Hosni Mubarak to step down after nearly three decades in power, we, the undersigned organizations, express …
Egypt: Judicial authorities condemned for “recycling” political prisoners into new cases after the end of their prison term
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ continued policy of not releasing political detainees after the end of their prison term or after dropping charges against them. Political …
Egypt: Alarming New Law Expands Military Power amid Fears of Popular Unrest as Economy Deteriorates
On Sunday 28 January 2024, the Egyptian parliament passed a bill on Securing and Protecting the State’s Public and Vital Facilities. The timing of the legislation, and the extensive domestic …