President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s visit to Paris comes amid the worst crackdown on freedoms in modern Egyptian history. The recent arrest of three members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal …
Trump’s defeat shocked Sisi.. How he intends to survive the Biden era is not clear
While Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election could have been anticipated, it has caused a shock in Egyptian President Abdelfatah al-Sisi’s circles. Egyptian regime media covered the US election …
France: Macron to Receive Al-Sisi on Heels of Repression
End Unconditional Support (Paris, December 2, 2020) – French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming visit to …
Egypt: NGOs call on authorities to release leaders of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
As authorities escalate their crackdown on human rights defenders and civil society organisations, rights groups call for the immediate release of detained members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights …
Egypt: Open letter to President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Harris
The undersigned Egyptian civil society organizations extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on your victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. We also extend …
Letter to IMF Executive Board Re: Transparency for Egypt’s Military Firms
In November 29, CIHRS joined with Human Rights Watch and the Freedom Initiative to send an open letter to members of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …
Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations
This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary detention, in retaliation for his human rights …
Egypt: Gasser Abdel Razek’s life in danger as he endures abuse in prison for human rights meeting with Western diplomats
The Egyptian authorities’ abuse of veteran human rights defender Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), is condemned by the undersigned human rights organizations. …
Egypt: Solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Urged by Human Rights Community in Open Letter to Ambassadors and Diplomats
Your Excellency, In solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), we are human rights organisations and initiatives writing to express our utmost concern regarding the unprecedented and alarming …