The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international …
Egyptian authorities must end arbitrary detentions and forced deportations of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers
The undersigned organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately stop the serious abuses against Sudanese seeking refuge in Egypt. After issuing Decree No. 3326 of 2023, end of August 2023, …
Egypt: EU Support Must Be Tied to Genuine Human Rights Reform
The EU has just signed its latest and biggest-yet deal with an authoritarian regime in the MENA region, pledging €7.4 billion of EU support to the Egyptian government and joining …
Egypt: Recent Decision on Case 173 Does Not Mean that the Human Rights Crisis is Over
On 20 March, the investigative judge in Case no. 173 of 2011 announced the dismissal of charges against five human rights organizations, in the case known as the “NGO Foreign …
EU-Egypt bilateral agreement: NGOs mobilise for human rights inclusion in negotiation processes
To the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, We, undersigned civil …
Egypt: Human Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared
Reprisals Follow Reports on Gaza Border Activity
The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North …
Thirteen Years After Mubarak’s Ouster, Unprecedented Repression and Economic Instability in Egypt
Thirteen years after Egyptians courageously took to the streets and forced the autocratic president Hosni Mubarak to step down after nearly three decades in power, we, the undersigned organizations, express …
Egypt: Judicial authorities condemned for “recycling” political prisoners into new cases after the end of their prison term
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ continued policy of not releasing political detainees after the end of their prison term or after dropping charges against them. Political …
Egypt: Alarming New Law Expands Military Power amid Fears of Popular Unrest as Economy Deteriorates
On Sunday 28 January 2024, the Egyptian parliament passed a bill on Securing and Protecting the State’s Public and Vital Facilities. The timing of the legislation, and the extensive domestic …