Dear Foreign Secretary, Ahead of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, we are writing as a coalition of 24 organisations to request that the UK government take …
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and …
Urgent Appeal to End the Enforced Disappearance of Poet Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Calling for His Release
Dear, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our deep concern …
Egypt: Government’s rights record under UN scrutiny and countries call for far-reaching reforms, as civil society denounces brutal repression
The fourth comprehensive review of Egypt’s human rights file before the United Nations in Geneva ended yesterday evening, Tuesday, 28 January, as part of the 48th session of the UN …
Joint Letter to the US Secretary of State to Help Secure the Release of Egyptian Detainee in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Kamel
Dear Secretary of State Marco Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urgently request the Trump administration to help secure the immediate release of Ahmed Kamel from detention in …
Egypt: Hundreds of political detainees, overdue for release, instead referred to terrorism courts by Supreme State Security Prosecution
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s recent referral of hundreds of detained citizens to terrorism courts instead of immediately releasing them. Defendants in these court …
Egypt: Government’s unrelenting criminalization of human rights work through legislation and retaliation detailed in UPR report
View PostEgyptian Government Sends Clear Message Ahead of UN Review: Human Rights Reform Off the Table
For well over a decade, our organizations have regularly analyzed and documented developments concerning Egypt’s human rights crisis, most recently through our joint submission to the United Nations ahead of …
Civil society concerns over Europol-Egypt cooperation agreements
To: Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner CC: Beate Gminder, Acting Directorate General of Directorate General Home Affairs Julian Siegl, Head of Unit HOME.D.1 on Law Enforcement Cooperation …
Call for Urgent Action: Over 500 Signatures from Public Figures, Human Rights Organizations, Political Groups, and Individuals Demanding Immediate Release of Poet Abdel Rahman Youssef
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, express our condemnation of the detention of poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi by Lebanese authorities on 28 December 2024, based on a security cooperation …