Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison

23/06/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State […]

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Egypt’s Law 71: An unconstitutional step designed to expand the state’s grip on information

21/06/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending some provisions of the Penal Code, published in the Official Gazette on […]

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Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end

16/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative […]

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Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case

15/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Court of Cassation’s 14 June verdict upholding the death sentence against twelve leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in […]

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One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

03/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies […]

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Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment

02/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of those detained in the Hope Coalition case (case no. 930 of 2019) and for the dismissal […]

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Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms

02/06/2021

We the undersigned 64 organizations from around the world call on the Egyptian authorities, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to take immediate action to end the […]

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Egyptian human rights organizations condemn Referring researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court and demand his unconditional release

01/06/2021

June 1, 2021 The undersigned organizations condemn the referral of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at the Central European University in Austria (CEU), […]

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20 months of successive violations against “Al-Baqer”.. There is no redress except by his immediate release

31/05/2021

The undersigned organizations said that coinciding with the passage of 20 months since the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist, and director of the […]

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For the second time, the Egyptian authorities ban researcher Walid Salem from traveling after the Public Prosecutor added him the travel ban list

27/05/2021

27 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the banning of Walid Salem, a doctoral researcher at the University of Washington, from traveling for […]

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First criminal trial internationally on torture in Egypt: Statement on the trial’s preliminary hearing addressing Italian student Giulio Regeni’s torture and murder.

25/05/2021

Rome, 25 May 2021 Today the preliminary step for a trial in Rome against four senior Egyptian National Security Agency officials will be taken. The […]

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Human rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to stop trials of TikTok content creators and to guarantee freedom of expression

18/05/2021

18 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the continued prosecution and trial of TikTok and Likee content creators, demanding that the Egyptian authorities […]

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Egyptian rights groups demand an end to the Israeli attacks and apartheid

16/05/2021

Joint statement, 16 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations said in a statement that the bloody violent incidents in the occupied Palestinian territories (East […]

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The sowing of souls continues: Organizations condemning the execution of the death sentence against the monk Isaiah al-Maqari, ignoring requests for a pardon, and an investigation into his torture in order to make him confess

10/05/2021

Joint statement 9 May 2021 The Stop the Death Penalty Campaign and the undersigned organizations express their deep condemnation and rejection of the execution of […]

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Human rights organizations condemn medical neglect of human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan in Tora Prison and demand his release

10/05/2021

8 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the prevention of health care to human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan, who is being held in […]

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