The undersigned organizations are severely alarmed by the massacre that took place on the Nasr Road in Cairo at dawn on Saturday, July 27, after police forces attacked demonstrators supporting …
“Combating Terrorism” Does Not Justify an Extralegal Mandate
The undersigned rights organizations express their grave concern over the statement made by the Minister of Defense, on behalf of both the armed forces and the police, calling on the …
Impartial investigation necessary before Egypt spirals into violence
< p style=”text-align: left;”> < p style=”text-align: left;”> The undersigned organizations express their deep regret and strong condemnation of the excessive force used by army and security forces against supporters …
Closure of Islamist media channels and arrest of some of its staff: clear violation of media freedom
The undersigned organizations express their concern regarding the exceptional procedures taken yesterday against Islamist satellite channels, which included the breaking by security forces into offices of those channels, arrest of …
To Resolve Current Political Crisis:
Rule of Law Must Be the Basis of the State
The undersigned organizations declare their profound respect for the overwhelming uprising of the Egyptian people, who on June 30 set out to boldly challenge the political despotism, which had now …
One year into Mohamed Morsi’s term
Manifold abuses and the systematic undermining of the rule of law
Joint press release by 20 rights organizations The undersigned organizations regret to announce that the status of human rights in Egypt has deteriorated alarmingly in the one year since the …
Administrative repression
Originally Posted in Al-Ahram weekly By: Mohamed Zaree Egypt’s draft NGO law reproduces the tools the Mubarak regime developed to repress dissent and innovation in society, writes Mohamed Zaree On …
How will history remember President Morsi?
Originally Posted in Al-Ahram weekly By: Bahieddin Hassan Mohamed Morsi has done more than generations of secularists to convince Egyptians that politics and religion shouldn’t mix, writes Bahieddin Hassan President …
Human Rights Council must do more to protect human rights in Palestine, Syria, Egypt
The 23rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), which concluded on 14 June 2013, began with a special focus on Syria and the deteriorating situation in …
Sentencing “Karam Saber” to five years for charges of defamation of religion is a flagrant violation of freedom of opinion and expression
The undersigned organizations condemn the sentence in absentia by the Beba court of misdemeanor in Beni Eouief (see below) against writer and human rights activist and director of the …