On 4 June, representatives from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the International Federation for Human Rights, Human Rights First, and Gulf Center for Human Rights visited Laila Soueif, …
NGOs demand the immediate and unconditional release of Ibrahim Metwally, detained solely for peacefully exercising his human rights
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our grave concern regarding the prolonged arbitrary detention of 61-year-old Ibrahim Metwally since 10 September 2017, and his recent indictment in three cases …
After Eyewitness Accounts and Bodily Evidence of Torture:
We Call for an Investigation into the Death of Mahmoud Mika in the Khalifa Police Station
We, the undersigned rights organizations, express our alarm over the growing number of detainee deaths in Egyptian prisons, amid consistent indications that many of these deaths were a result of …
In a letter to the British Prime Minister:
Convey to President Sisi that the fate of Alaa and his mother will have significant repercussions on the future of UK–Egypt relations
Dear Prime Minister, We are writing as a coalition of 32 organisations concerned with the ongoing arbitrary and unlawful detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian political prisoner and democracy …
Egypt: In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents
The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the verdict issued in absentia on 14 May 2025 by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanor Court, sentencing prominent publisher and political dissident Hisham Kassem to six …
Egypt: Tantawi’s interrogation in connection with new cases reflects the authorities’ continued persecution of dissidents
As opposition politician Ahmed al-Tantawi’s detention is set to expire on 27 May, the undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned that the authorities would extend the former presidential candidate’s …
Egypt: Thousands Referred to Terrorism Courts Amid Absence of Fair Trial Safeguards and Deepening Crisis of Judicial Independence
Early May marked the beginning of the trials of defendants referred to the terrorism circuit courts over the past eight months, a development which has thus far underscored the absence …
Egypt: Parliament Passes New Code of Criminal Procedures, Institutionalizes Nation’s Human Rights Crisis
On Tuesday 29 April, the Egyptian Parliament adopted a new code of criminal procedures, a law that is meant to constitute the backbone of justice, equality before the law, and …
Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect
The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where conditions are rapidly deteriorating and prisoners …