The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday 29 September at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a …
Egypt: New Criminal Procedure Code proposal undermines constitutionally guaranteed rights while codifying exceptions
The Parliament’s Legislative Committee proposed a new Criminal Procedure Code, amidst a wave of reservations and criticisms from the rights community. On Monday, 16 September 2024, the Cairo Institute for …
Subject: The addition of Egypt, Morocco and Algeria as safe countries of origin
To the attention of Prime Minister Harris, Tánaiste Martin, Minister McEntee, Minister O’Gorman and Minister Browne We, the undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations, are writing to you with utmost concern …
Egypt: The Biden Administration Compounds its Human Rights Failures in the Arab Region by Disregarding Human Rights Conditions on Military Assistance
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is dismayed by the Biden administration’s decision, communicated to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday September 11, that it would release the $320 million …
Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, …
Egypt: Release Mohamed Adel, as Activist’s Health Deteriorates in Detention
The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his life and health, now in …
Is the Palestinian Cause Central to the Arab World?
The date of the Al-Aqsa Flood, 7 October 2023, will be remembered for more than one reason, regardless of the intentions of its masterminds. One reading is that Al-Aqsa laid …
Egypt: Reforming arbitrary pretrial detention requires political will over legal formalities
The recent initiatives undertaken by the Egyptian authorities to amend the maximum duration of pretrial detention are futile if not coupled with measures to end the repressive practices of the …
Human Rights Organizations’ Report to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Egypt: Whitewashing Campaigns Fail to Conceal Human Rights Crisis
Ten Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a joint report on the human rights situation in Egypt, in preparation for the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s …