The undersigned human rights organizations declare their full solidarity with the Lawyers Syndicate’s decision to stage a general strike on 7 and 8 July and to boycott all court and …
Rights organizations call on Egypt to end transnational repression against exiled journalist Basma Mostafa
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists. We specifically urge the government to respond to the …
Egypt: President Sisi bears direct responsibility for the fate of Laila Soueif and political prisoners
The undersigned organizations hold President Abdelfattah al-Sisi personally responsible for the life of Laila Soueif, whose health is dramatically deteriorating as she approaches 270 days of hunger strike in protest …
Egypt: Actions Against Gaza March Reflect Broader Crackdown on Dissent
As of June 12, Egyptian authorities persist in their detention and deportation of dozens of activists from around the world taking part in the Global March to Gaza, a grassroots …
After Eyewitness Accounts and Bodily Evidence of Torture:
We Call for an Investigation into the Death of Mahmoud Mika in the Khalifa Police Station
We, the undersigned rights organizations, express our alarm over the growing number of detainee deaths in Egyptian prisons, amid consistent indications that many of these deaths were a result of …
Egypt: In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents
The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the verdict issued in absentia on 14 May 2025 by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanor Court, sentencing prominent publisher and political dissident Hisham Kassem to six …
Egypt: Tantawi’s interrogation in connection with new cases reflects the authorities’ continued persecution of dissidents
As opposition politician Ahmed al-Tantawi’s detention is set to expire on 27 May, the undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned that the authorities would extend the former presidential candidate’s …
Egypt: Thousands Referred to Terrorism Courts Amid Absence of Fair Trial Safeguards and Deepening Crisis of Judicial Independence
Early May marked the beginning of the trials of defendants referred to the terrorism circuit courts over the past eight months, a development which has thus far underscored the absence …
Egypt: Parliament Passes New Code of Criminal Procedures, Institutionalizes Nation’s Human Rights Crisis
On Tuesday 29 April, the Egyptian Parliament adopted a new code of criminal procedures, a law that is meant to constitute the backbone of justice, equality before the law, and …