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KSA: US senators seek to derail arms sales to Riyadh

March 16, 2023 MEO Staff

As China attempts to assert its geopolitical clout with Riyadh, US senators push for addressing human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia A bipartisan pair of US senators introduced a resolution yesterday (Wednesday, 15 March) that [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: Court gives unfair sentences to rights activists on trumped up charges

March 6, 2023 MEO Staff

A special Egyptian court on Sunday gave 30 members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) sentences ranging from five-year to life imprisonment, according to Islam Salama, a lawyer from the Egyptian Initiative [ More … ]

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Egypt’s human rights record scrutinized by UN Human Rights Committee

February 28, 2023 MEO Staff

The United Nations Human Rights Committee will hold a two-day session (today and tomorrow) to examine the Egyptian government’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Egypt ratified in 1982 [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Blinken: U.S. to keep pressing Egypt on human rights

January 31, 2023 MEO Staff

The United States will continue to encourage Egypt to take steps on human rights, including freeing more political prisoners and guaranteeing freedom of expression, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to [ More … ]

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U.S. FY 2023 appropriations bill released, with more conditions on military aid to Egypt

December 24, 2022 MEO Staff

The American FY 2023 appropriations bill has been released, with more conditions placed on the military aid for Egypt, as the Congress has again strengthened the aid conditions. The U. S. Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations [ More … ]

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New EP resolution calls for strong measures to address Egypt’s dire human rights situation

November 24, 2022 MEO Staff

The resolution adopted by the European Parliament’s plenary vote highlights the lack of improvement in Egypt’s dire human rights situation and calls for strong measures to address human rights crisis in Egypt. The European Parliament [ More … ]

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Egypt: Biden raises human rights in talks with Sisi, White House

November 12, 2022 MEO Staff

U.S. President Joe Biden raised the issue of human rights in a meeting on Friday with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the COP27 climate summit, the White House said. According to a White House readout [ More … ]

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Egypt: Crisis of political prisoners in the spotlight during Cop27

November 11, 2022 MEO Staff

The plight of Egypt’s political prisoners sparks a global human rights campaign with #FreeThemAll hashtag circulating widely online, as human rights turns into a key issue at UN climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh [ More … ]

Analysis

‘U.N. climate summit, COP27, turns awkward for Egypt’: Analysis

November 9, 2022 MEO Staff

Not since the 2013 coup that brought its current leader to power has Egypt been this much in the global spotlight, says Ishaan Tharoor, a prominent WP columnist, in a recent piece “Egyptian authorities are [ More … ]

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Egypt: Greenpeace accused of greenwashing country’s image ahead of Cop27, report

October 31, 2022 MEO Staff

Criticism of the Greenpeace group, as greenwashing Egypt’s image ahead of Cop27, comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record. Greenpeace, a global conservation group, has been accused by [ More … ]

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Sisi pushed into the corner by Egypt’s difficult economic situation and his dire human rights record

October 25, 2022 MEO Staff

The Egypt Economic Conference, a three-day, government-organized forum about the future of Egypt’s economy, kicked off in Cairo Sunday with self-congratulatory speeches from Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other state leaders. After decades of poor economic [ More … ]

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Egypt: Ahead of climate summit, Greta Thunberg and others back Egypt political prisoners

October 21, 2022 MEO Staff

Amid Egyptian government’s tight restrictions on assembly and free speech, UN annual conference on climate change is set to be hosted in Sharm El Sheikh next month Well-known Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has joined [ More … ]

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U.S. blocks additional $75 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt over rights concerns

October 17, 2022 MEO Staff

Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo’s human rights record including holding political prisoners, reported Reuters. [ More … ]

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Egypt: UN rights experts warn that Gov. intimidates NGOs ahead of COP27

October 8, 2022 MEO Staff

Five UN human rights experts have warned that Egypt is creating a climate of fear for Egyptian civil society organizations ahead of COP27 Five United Nations human rights experts yesterday warned that the Egyptian government [ More … ]

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Egypt: “This is the government that’s hosting COP27 next month”, says rights expert

October 7, 2022 MEO Staff

How can COP27 take place in a country where independent civic activism, peaceful protests, free speech are all effectively banned?, wondered Amy W. Hawthorne, human rights expert and research director at the Project on Middle [ More … ]

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