Paris, Brussels, 23 February 2022 – The European Commission adopted its long-awaited proposal for a directive on Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence (SCDD), which aims to prevent and remedy human rights …
Egypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, the detained father of a prominent Egyptian rights defender living in the US, or immediately release him to receive medical attention …
Open Letter to Members of the UN’s General Assembly Regarding the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Cc: President of ECOSOC, President of the General Assembly, President of the Human Rights Council, UN Secretary General. Excellencies: We are five …
Egypt: Authorities must repeal the outrageous NGO law
View PostEgypt: Closure of ANHRI exposes falsity of government claim to reform human rights
Today 10 January 2022, the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announced the suspension of its operations in Egypt, after eighteen years of steadfast struggle in defense of free …
Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and four years in prison for …
A Message from Civil Society in the Arab Region to the Summit for Democracy
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View PostHuman Rights Concerns Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue
Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 cc: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael Lempert Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human …
Egypt: UNDP Report Whitewashes Human Rights Violations
(New York, November 22, 2021) — The United Nations Development Program’s September 2021 Egypt Human Development Report includes false and misleading claims, Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …