To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, At the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council, in …
Over 200 Organizations Demand International Community Stand Against Raids and Closures of 7 Palestinian Organizations
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View PostJoint Letter to Bahrain King: Free 400-day hunger striker Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace
King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Issa Al Khalifa Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Your Majesties, We, the undersigned, are writing to you concerning …
Biden Administration Should Not Provide Military Aid to Egypt in Light of Egregious Human Rights Violations
View Post28 Civil society organizations condemn the continued blocking of Al-Manassa’s website and call on the Egyptian authorities to lift the blocking of dozens of news websites
The undersigned civil society organizations condemn the blocking by the Egyptian authorities of three links to access the Al-Manassa website within approximately 72 hours, starting from Thursday, 14 July. The …
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn authorities for targeting journalists, bloggers, and online content creators, and demand immediate release of those detained
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities for the continued imprisonment of journalists, bloggers, online content creators, and others under Case no. 440 and Case no. 441 of …
NGOs demand role in appointment of next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The world needs a human rights champion! Today 28 July, in an open letter to United Nations member states, a global coalition of NGOs calls on governments to ensure civil …
Egypt: Rights organizations send new list of prisoners to Presidential Pardon Committee and call on Egyptian government to resolve the prisoners’ file
Three months following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to reactivate the Presidential Pardon Committee, the undersigned human rights organizations call for political detainees to be pardoned. Yesterday 27 July, …
Egypt: Public Prosecution called on to investigate the torture, medical negligence and assault of Douma and Santawy in Tora Prison
The torture and assault of political activist Ahmed Douma, and the medical negligence and assault of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy is condemned by the undersigned human rights organizations. The undersigned …