In conjunction with the sixth session of the Supreme Judiciary Council to be held on February 5th, the undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with Judge Hisham Raouf and …
Egypt: Rights organizations condemn the escalating execution of civilians after fundamentally flawed trials in military and anti-terrorism courts
The undersigned organizations condemn the execution of Egyptian citizen Tayseer Odeh Sulaiman, aged 25, on Tuesday January 30, 2018. A military court sentenced Sulaiman to death in a fundamentally flawed …
Egypt: First appeal hearing tomorrow in Case no. 173/2011 for NGO workers sentenced in politically-motivated trial falling below minimum standards of fairness
Tomorrow February 1, 2018, the Cassation Court will hold its first hearing on the appeal in Case no. 173 of 2011, known as the Foreign Funding Case against human rights …
Egypt: Repealed colonial-era law used to sentence 474 Egyptians to death from 2014-2017
To mark the one-year anniversary of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) report Toward the Emancipation of Egypt exposing the Egyptian Parliament’s repeal of the Assembly Law (Law …
Egypt: Rights groups call on UN Secretary General to pressure Egyptian government to halt executions, welcome independent UN experts’ condemnation of the latest sentences
In a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, 13 independent rights organizations urged the UN to immediately intervene to stop the Egyptian government from carrying out 26 death …
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn brazen assault and likely kidnapping or assassination attempt of Judge Hisham Genena
The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the brazen assault of Judge Hisham Genena, the Human Rights Affairs Deputy of potential presidential candidate Sami Anan and former Head of the Central …
Egypt | Rights groups: General Anan’s forcible disqualification from the presidential race confirms election rigging with potential to exacerbate violence, terrorism, and instability
The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest and disappearance of potential presidential candidate General Sami Anan, the former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, following his declaration of candidacy last …
Egypt | The executions continue: the execution of three civilians following a military trial demonstrates the Egyptian government’s disregard for all its international obligations
The undersigned rights groups condemn the execution of three defendants, before yesterday, in case no. 93/2011/Ismailiya plenary military felonies, following a trial before a military court that did not meet …
The unprecedented political use of the death penalty by the Egyptian government will only incur more violence
At least 19 civilians were executed within the span of a week, pursuant to sentences given by military courts that do not meet the minimum requirements for fair trials; an …