EGYPT: AUTHORITIES MUST REPEAL THE OUTRAGEOUS NGO LAW
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 […]
Joint Statement
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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 […]
Joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”
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
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
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 […]
Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure
[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, […]
Egypt: Rights groups condemn exceptional sentence given to Elelaimy, Moanes, Fouad, and others and urge president not to ratify it
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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Egypt: US Advocate’s Father Held Incommunicado
Egyptian authorities have held Salah Soltan in incommunicado detention since June 2020, in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance and may amount to torture or other […]
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Egypt: Stop the farce trial of 10 Egyptian Nubians before the Saudi Specialized Criminal Court
After the Specialized Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia decided to postpone for two months the trial of ten Egyptian Nubians, who have been detained by […]
Egypt: Rights groups condemn infringement of right to fair trial for Alaa Abd El Fattah, Mohammed al-Baqer, and Mohammed Oxygen
The undersigned organizations condemn the decision by the Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on 8 November to adjourn proceedings in case no. 1228/2021/Emergency State Security […]
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Egypt: New Wadi al-Natrun prison an attempt to beautify, not reverse violations
Egypt’s launch of the new Wadi al-Natrun prison and its promotion of it to foreign and local observers is part of the state’s propaganda to […]
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Joint statement: Regeni trial must continue despite Egypt’s failure to cooperate
The signatory organizations express profound concern at the recent developments in the trial of Egyptian officials over the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni. The […]
Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed […]
Egypt: Human rights catastrophe results from lack of political will, not lack of a national strategy to whitewash reality
Respect for human rights in Egypt – where the most fundamental rights to life, bodily integrity, and justice are violated by state institutions and agencies […]
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Biden Decision to Grant Military Aid to Egypt a Betrayal of Its Human Rights Commitments
The Biden administration’s reported decision to bypass the human rights conditions on $300 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) is a […]
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