The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations condemn the use of violence against the peaceful protests organized by hundreds of displaced and relocated local residents in the areas of Rafah and …
54th Session of UNHRC: Positive steps on Sudan but silence persists towards victims in the MENA region
The 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) concluded on 14 October 2023, coinciding with several major human rights developments in the Middle East and North Africa …
Egypt: Third Sisi Presidential Term Would Undermine State Stability and Prevent the Initiation of Human Rights and Economic Reform
As Egypt prepares for presidential elections in December 2023, the undersigned human rights organizations warn that Egypt is at a critical juncture and that failure to immediately begin a serious …
Democracy and Human Rights Groups Applaud Congressional Decision to Hold Egypt Military Aid
We applaud the decision made by Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Chairman Ben Cardin, House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, and the other members of Congress who …
Egypt: Sentencing of Hesham Kassem confirms National Dialogue is a farce, as repeatedly warned by rights groups
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sentencing of prominent dissident Hesham Kassem on 16 September to six months in prison and an EGP 20,000 fine over trumped up slander …
Biden Decision to Grant Military Aid to Egypt Undermines U.S. Credibility and Interests
The Biden administration’s decision to provide the Government of Egypt with the $235 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) that Congress conditioned on human rights benchmarks …
The National Strategy: Two Years of Denying the Ongoing Human Rights Crisis
Position Paper Introduction: On 13 December 2022, Egypt’s Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights (SSCHR) issued a report titled “The National Strategy for Human Rights: A Year of Implementation,”[1] lauding …
Ibrahim Metwally: Six Years of Imprisonment for Searching for His Son, Who Has Been Forcibly Disappeared for Ten Years
Today marks six years since the detention of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, who was arrested on September 10, 2017. It worth noting that his period of detainment has surpassed …
Egypt: The immediate release of activist Mohamed Adel demanded by human rights organizations
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the verdict sentencing the former spokesperson of the April 6 Youth Movement and political activist, Mohamed Adel, to four years in prison, after he …