The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the mass death sentence issued in Case no. 34150/2015, commonly known as the Rabaa Dispersal Case. The undersigned reject the trial proceedings, which exemplify the …
Statement opposing Egypt’s legalization of website blocking and communications surveillance
We, the undersigned,call for the immediate repeal of the Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes Law (“The Cybercrime Law”), as well as the review and reform of articles on internet surveillance and …
Egypt: Impunity for Perpetrators and Retaliation Against Survivors
The Fifth Anniversary of the Rabaa al-Adawiya MassacreFive years after the violent dispersals of the Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nadha sit-ins, there has neither been accountability for perpetrators nor justice for …
Egypt: Release Amal Fathy, victim of the state’s widening prosecution to silence human rights defenders
The undersigned rights organizations condemn Amal Fathy’s referral to trial in case no. 7991/2018. Fathy is the wife of human rights defender Mohamed Lotfy, the director of the Egyptian Commission …
8 Years for a Facebook Video: Egypt Must Immediately Release Mona el-Mazbouh
Sentenced to 8 years in prison for a Facebook video: over 25 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Lebanese tourist Mona el-Mazbouh.Take ActionThe below signatories express …
President must not ratify laws destroying last bastions of free speech in Egypt
Share this PostThe undersigned organizations denounce the three laws regulating media passed by the Egyptian Parliament on July 16th. We declare our full solidarity with all journalists and media professionals …
Egypt: Allow celebration of World Nubian Day and immediately end discrimination against Nubians
The undersigned organizations condemn the continuation of discriminatory policies against Egypt’s indigenous Nubian community, exemplified by the Egyptian security authorities’ prohibition on the celebration of World Nubian Day, observed annually …
International Community Must Act to Save Former President Morsi’s Life and Thousands of other Egyptian Prisoners
سجون مصر لا يجب أن تكون مكانا لقتل الخصوم السياسييننداء إلى المجتمع الدولي لإنقاذ حياة الرئيس الأسبق محمد مرسي وألوفًا آخرينتعرب المنظمات الحقوقية الموقعة عن بالغ استنكارها وقلقها إزاء التنكيل …
EGYPT: LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON WAEL ABBAS
Dear Members of the European Parliament, EuroMed Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Front Line Defenders and Reporters Without Borders urge you to raise publicly the case of internationally …
Egypt: Repression made in France
Egypt: Repression made in France A new report published on July 2nd by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights League …