The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending several provisions of the Penal Code, and published in the Official Gazette on 13 June 2021, as …
Egypt: Weaponizing Counter Terrorism Laws to Silence Human Rights Defenders
(23 June 2021 – Geneva) An online event on Egypt was held on the side-lines of the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) featuring Egyptian …
Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability
View PostEgypt: Call for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts and fate of former parliamentarian, Mustafa Al-Naggar, after 1,000 days of enforced disappearance
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued disappearance of dentist and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Al-Naggar, on its 1000th day, and call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately …
Egypt: Rights groups call for the release of journalists detained for two years without trial
Human rights groups from the region and around the world call on authorities in Egypt to immediately release journalists Hisham Fouad and Hossam Moanis, who have been held without trial …
Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State Security Court in Case no. …
Egypt: Prison sentences against Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm must be revoked
Public Prosecution must fulfill its role in protecting rape survivors The undersigned organizations denounce the Cairo Criminal Court’s verdict on 21 June 2021 against Haneen Hossam, Mawada Eladhm, and three …
European bank challenged on human rights credentials
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has struggled to prevent the billions of euros it lends each year from supporting autocratic regimes, finds a new report from civil …
Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), for …