Amnesty International has released a statement demanding that Egypt stop the “ongoing trials of dozens of arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists, opposition politicians, and peaceful protesters by emergency courts.” The welcome lifting of a [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities are abusing counter-terrorism laws to arbitrarily detain a leading businessman and his son in conditions that amount to torture in reprisal for their refusal to hand over company assets, Amnesty International said yesterday. [ More … ]
A recent Amnesty report says victims were subjected to ‘intrusive questioning’ with threats of torture against them and their families Amnesty International yesterday, Thursday, accused Egyptian security agencies of “persistent intimidation and harassment” of human [ More … ]
Amnesty International has said that waiving restrictions on US military assistance to Egypt risks America becoming complicit in human rights abuses. The statement made by the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa [ More … ]
The Egyptian Public Prosecutor must urgently investigate what appear to be extrajudicial executions by members of the military in North Sinai, said Amnesty International following an analysis of a military propaganda video. A video released [ More … ]
Amnesty International has called on Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni men and young boys who were kidnapped by the pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) during operations to retake Fallujah city from Daesh [ More … ]
Amnesty International said evidence indicated Israel has launched ‘violent raids on al-Aqsa’ and ‘unprovoked attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sheikh Jarrah.’ Amnesty International has condemned Israeli violence and forced evictions against Palestinians in occupied East [ More … ]
Amnesty International said the death sentences that have recently carried out in Egypt were issued following grossly unfair trials, where defendants were denied access to their lawyers and were coerced to ‘confess’. While ‘We Record’ [ More … ]
Amnesty International’s MENA advocacy director has called on US President Joe Biden to denounce human rights in Egypt and demand change. “Tens of thousands of people have been swept up and detained in Egypt, and [ More … ]
International community must put pressure on Egypt to prevent prison deaths, warns Amnesty International A decade after the uprising that overturned politics in Egypt, political prisoners are being targeted inside the country’s overcrowded prison system. [ More … ]
Amnesty International calls upon authorities to allow family visits as well as regular contacts with lawyers to all detainees in Sisi’s prisons Amnesty has called on the coup authorities in Egypt to allow all detainees [ More … ]
More than 300 Iraqis have been killed, thousands injured since protests broke out last month Amnesty International has called on Iraqi authorities to rein in security forces, amid anti-government protests that left scores dead. The human [ More … ]
The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Amnesty International together with 17 other international [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for [ More … ]
Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian authorities’ “revolving door” practice of re-imprisoning activists, journalists and others after their release from detention is ordered by judges. Al Jazeera producer and Ola Qaradawi are among those immediately [ More … ]
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