The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy, and demand his unconditional release and the dropping of all charges against him. The sentence …
Unprecedented human rights crackdown obligates EU to reevaluate relations with Egypt
President Michel European Council Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Bruxelles High Representative Borrell European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1000 Bruxelles Commissionner Várhelyi European Commission Rue de la …
EGYPT: FREEDOM FOR MOHAMED EL-BAQER
After having his detention renewed by Egypt’s State Security Prosecution, rendering the cumulative time he has been deprived of his freedom as 150 days – (the maximum time period allowed …
Egypt: Government retaliates against rights researcher with electric shock torture and false charges
The undersigned organizations demand the immediate and unconditional release of Patrick George Zaki, a researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and graduate student at the University of Bologna, …
Egypt: Close Case 488 and immediately release all defendants
100 days since the imprisonment of Esraa Abdel-Fattah Detention renewed for journalists Hossam al-Sayyad, Sulafa Majdi, Khaled Dawoud We, the undersigned organizations, renew our demand for Case no. 488 of …
Egypt: Campaign against state’s unlawful use of colonial-era Assembly Law continues despite courtroom defeat
An ongoing challenge against the Egyptian government’s unlawful use of the repealed British occupation-era Assembly Law ended in defeat on January 18th in the Administrative Court’s first circuit. The court’s …
Egypt: Detainees Ensnared in Prison System by Illegitimate Practice of “Recycling Cases”
Tampering with Egypt’s judiciary to keep government critics perpetually behind bars The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s illegitimate practice of “recycling cases,” and call for …
Egypt: Rights groups renew demand for Red Cross oversight of prisons
After the death of Mustafa Kassem and others in Egyptian prisons Following the death of dual Egyptian- American national Mustafa Kassem on Monday January 13th, the undersigned rights organizations renew …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …