The undersigned organizations condemn the execution of Egyptian citizen Tayseer Odeh Sulaiman, aged 25, on Tuesday January 30, 2018. A military court sentenced Sulaiman to death in a fundamentally flawed …
Egypt: First appeal hearing tomorrow in Case no. 173/2011 for NGO workers sentenced in politically-motivated trial falling below minimum standards of fairness
Tomorrow February 1, 2018, the Cassation Court will hold its first hearing on the appeal in Case no. 173 of 2011, known as the Foreign Funding Case against human rights …
Egypt: Repealed colonial-era law used to sentence 474 Egyptians to death from 2014-2017
To mark the one-year anniversary of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) report Toward the Emancipation of Egypt exposing the Egyptian Parliament’s repeal of the Assembly Law (Law …
Libya | Urgent Appeal: Libya Platform calls on UNSC member states to throw full support behind ICC investigations into grave and systematic violations of international humanitarian law
The Libya Platform (LP), composed of 16 CSOs, has issued an urgent appeal to member states of the UN Security Council, urging them to take a swift, decisive stand on …
Egypt: Rights groups call on UN Secretary General to pressure Egyptian government to halt executions, welcome independent UN experts’ condemnation of the latest sentences
In a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, 13 independent rights organizations urged the UN to immediately intervene to stop the Egyptian government from carrying out 26 death …
Re: Civil Society Engagement with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
H.E. Mr. Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov Under-Secretary-General United Nations New York, NY 24 January 2018 Re: Civil Society Engagement with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Your Excellency, We write to you …
Egypt | Rights groups: General Anan’s forcible disqualification from the presidential race confirms election rigging with potential to exacerbate violence, terrorism, and instability
The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest and disappearance of potential presidential candidate General Sami Anan, the former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, following his declaration of candidacy last …
Libya | The Libya Platform condemns violations amounting to war crimes committed at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and nearby residential areas
The Libya Platform, a coalition of 16 organizations, condemns the armed assault on the Mitiga Airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the shelling of adjacent residential areas on Monday, …
New Report | Freedom of Association in Morocco: Legal Loopholes and Security Practices
Freedom of association in Morocco witnessed relative improvement in 2016–2017. Yet the continued application of outdated laws governing civic activities forebodes a reinstatement of numerous arbitrary administrative and security practices …
The unprecedented political use of the death penalty by the Egyptian government will only incur more violence
At least 19 civilians were executed within the span of a week, pursuant to sentences given by military courts that do not meet the minimum requirements for fair trials; an …