Paris, Friday 27 September 2019. With demonstrations set to take place today in Egypt, FIDH and CIHRS fear that demonstrators may face intensified repression and be confronted with lethal force …
Egypt: Rights groups call for immediate release of protesters, political party leaders, and presidential candidates
UN must be invited to investigate the situation in Egypt The brutal crackdown by Egyptian state security, which in the last few days was marked by the arrests of nearly …
Open letter to EU Member States Ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt
Your Excellency, The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. …
EGYPT: Release Ramy Shaath!
Paris-Cairo-Geneva, August 30, 2019 Mr. Ramy Shaath, political opponent and Coordinator of the BDS movement in Egypt, is arbitrarily detained since July 5. The information was made public last week …
Egypt: Immediately release defenders Ibrahim Ezz El-Din and Haitham Mohammedein, and end reprisals against rights organizations
The undersigned rights organizations demand the immediate release of researcher Ibrahim Ezz El-Din and labor lawyer and activist Haitham Mohammedein, both working at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms …
Civil society—not repressive regimes—should discuss inequality at G7
Later this week, France will host the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, with a theme of “fighting inequality” — including gender inequality. FIDH and 73 of its member organisations around …
The UN postpones its regional conference in Egypt on the crime of torture
Human rights organizations: Egypt’s appalling record of torture should disqualify it from hosting conference The signatory Egyptian rights organizations thank all parties, both Egyptian activists and international organizations, for their …
EGYPT: 20 RIGHTS NGOS CALL ON PRESIDENT MACRON TO DENOUNCE EGYPT’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD DURING THE G7 MEETING
It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the chosen theme is “the fight …
EGYPT: New crackdown to terrorise civil society
Paris-Geneva, July 23, 2019 – At least 83 persons, including political opposition activists, journalists and human rights defenders, have been arrested in Egypt over terrorist charges since June 25 for …
Egypt: Draft NGO law before parliament is simply rebranded repression, must be rejected
The undersigned organizations reject the draft NGO law currently before the Egyptian parliament. Presented as an alternative to the widely-criticized Law 70 of 2017, the draft NGO is simply a …