We, the undersigned groups, are appalled by evidence that the Egyptian government and intelligence apparatus persist in efforts to silence human rights defenders even beyond Egypt’s borders. We call on …
Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary
View PostEgypt: Unconstitutional Law 71 Step Designed to Expand State’s Stranglehold on Information
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. …