Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders

24/02/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, […]

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Al-Sisi’s Visit to Brussels: No Red Carpet for Human Rights Violations

16/02/2022

As EU officials prepare to welcome African heads of state for the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17-18 February, 2022, 6 NGOs call on EU […]

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Civil Society Organizations Call on the European Union to Withdraw its Joint Candidacy with Egypt to Chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum

11/02/2022

In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled […]

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Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

10/02/2022

In a letter released ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 49th session (28 Feb­­ruary-1 April 2022), a record number of 80 NGOs urge states to extend the mandate of […]

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Joint statement: Participation of UN Secretary-General in Youth Forum provided cover for el-Sisi regime

04/02/2022

Egypt’s World Youth Forum, held on 10-13 January 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh “under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”, stands in stark contrast with […]

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Biden Administration’s Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient

01/02/2022

Following the January 30 deadline, the Biden administration decided that it will reprogram $130 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) originally […]

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Egypt: Quash verdicts and stop unjust trials by emergency courts

27/01/2022

We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, […]

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Egypt: Presidential pardon demanded following verdict upholding imprisonment of human rights defender Amal Fathy

13/01/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the ruling on 11 January  by the Egyptian Court of Cassation upholding the imprisonment of human rights  defender Amal […]

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EGYPT: AUTHORITIES MUST REPEAL THE OUTRAGEOUS NGO LAW

10/01/2022

In response to reports that the Egyptian government has decided to delay by six months the deadline requiring civil society organisations (CSOs) to register under […]

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Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim

21/12/2021

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 […]

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Joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”

16/12/2021

Ahead of the verdict of the Emergency Court on 20 December, we, the undersigned organisations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release […]

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Human rights organizations demand the release of political activist and writer Ahmed Douma

03/12/2021

On December 3, 2021, Ahmed Douma, writer, political activist and one of the most prominent symbols of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year […]

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Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue

26/11/2021

November 23, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 CC: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael […]

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Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure

24/11/2021

[November 24, 2021] Secretary of State Antony Blinken CC: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Near East Yael Lempert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, […]

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn exceptional sentence given to Elelaimy, Moanes, Fouad, and others and urge president not to ratify it

17/11/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the shameful ruling issued today 17 November by the Emergency State Security Court, to five years in prison and […]

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