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 … ]
A detainee being held at a police station in Giza governorate was beaten to death last week , reports Masrawy. The Interior Ministry has denied Karim Al-Khawaja, 45, died at the hands of police and instead [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s security forces have killed 17 pro-Muslim Brotherhood persons in the latest incident of extra judicial killing. The security forces claimed that the people killed were involved in a car bomb near the [ More … ]
Macron visited Egypt in January, and reportedly pressed Sisi on his rights record and urged him to respect freedoms Rights groups Thursday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to denounce the “worsening human rights crisis” under [ More … ]
For many Egyptians, the events unfolding in Hong Kong are depressingly familiar. As millions march through the streets to oppose state oppression and demand that their democratic freedoms be protected, I can’t help but see [ More … ]
Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organization. “It’s illogical for a country where torture is systematic to host a [ More … ]
Rights groups keep demanding probe into deadly crackdown on Egyptians protesting against Mohamed Morsi’s overthrow. Six years ago, Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, in [ More … ]
The Cairo Criminal Court renewed the detention of former justice minister Ahmed Soliman for 45 days, pending investigations into charges of joining an unlawful group and disseminating false news on Egypt’s political and economic situation [ More … ]
The brave people who work to protect Egyptians from abuse are under aggressive and accelerating attack. The attackers come from the government, its proxies in the media, its security forces, and even elements of the [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing nongovernment organizations on July 14, 2019, that would maintain many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not approve [ More … ]
On July 8, 2013, an Egyptian army unit shot and killed 50 Egyptians at a sit-in at the Republican Guard HQ.
“Egyptian authorities rounded up at least five left-wing and liberal activists on Tuesday in the latest crackdown against dissent led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, ” said the Middle East Eye. According to human rights lawyers and the [ More … ]
The German government had approved an €800 million ($899 million) arms export deal with Egypt during the period from 1 January to 5 June 2019, the country’s economic affairs ministry announced yesterday. Responding to a [ More … ]
One day before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to the White House, senators from both parties sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday urging him to address “the erosion of [ More … ]
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