The undersigned public figures and rights organizations are gravely concerned by the ongoing detention of writer and researcher Hisham Gaafar, the head of the board of trustees of the Mada …
Rights organizations: closure of the public sphere, and confiscation of liberties continue
The undersigned organizations condemn the vicious security campaign carried out by the Ministry of Interior in the run-up to the fifth anniversary of the 25 January revolution, which entailed extensive …
Egypt: President Sisi in a Crusader Fight with a Generation
By Karim Lahidji[1] This post was coauthored by Bahey eldin Hassan, Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. The international community’s support given to Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s …
The United Nations Working Group declares the detention of Yara Sallam as arbitrary and requests compensation
Cairo-Geneva-Paris, January 20, 2016 – A UN expert body, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), declares the detention of human rights defender Yara Sallam, as arbitrary, and requests immediate …
Freedom for Dr. Taher Mokhtar
The undersigned organizations demand the immediate release of Dr. Taher Mokhtar, member of the freedom committee at the Egyptian doctors’ syndicate after security forces raided his residence on Thursday the …
Rights Organizations To Call For Supporting The Victims Of The Media Intrusion In Private Life Of The Citizens, And For Stopping Such Shameful Conduct
The undersigned express their apprehension at broadcasting a program on Monday 14 Dec. 2015 by Sada el-Balad satellite channel presented by the reporter Ahmad Moussa. In this episode, Moussa broadcast …
On Human Rights Day:
Torture – not an isolated incident
On Human Rights Day, the undersigned organizations condemn increasing violations by the Ministry of Interior in a manner that indicates they have been given free reign to abuse citizens using …
Rights organizations present their recommendations to the Egyptian government to stop the crimes of torture and enforced disappearance
At a conference organized by human rights organizations in collaboration with the Journalists’ Syndicate on Thursday, 10 December, and on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, several recommendations were …
Release Ismail Alexandrani and All Prisoners Of Conscience; Societies Are Built with Freedom
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the detention of researcher and journalist Ismail Alexandrani, upon his return to Egypt from Germany on Sunday, November 29, at 2 pm at the Hurghada …