In the absence of the bare minimum of the rule of law and respect for human rights The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) decides to suspend its activities, ANHRI said in a statement [ More … ]
Human rights defenders have rushed to condemn the prison sentence against former parliamentarian Ziad El-Elaimy, journalists Hisham Fouad and Hossam Moanis, and three others, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and seven other Egyptian [ More … ]
A human rights organization says in an analysis that Egypt’s National Strategy for Human Rights is just a ruse to show international community and donor states that political reform is underway The Cairo Institute for [ More … ]
Ahead of the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue in Washington, DC, on November 8 and 9, members of the Working Group on Egypt sent a letter to US Secretary of State on Egypt’s human rights record. The [ More … ]
Although Sisi has recently announced launch of new human rights strategy, but the authorities continue to punish dissent and severely repress people’s human rights, where political prisoners are denied the right to visitation. In prison, [ More … ]
The US Commerce Department says the action of blacklisting NSO Group over Pegasus spyware is among efforts to put human rights at center of U.S. foreign policy The United States on Wednesday added the Israeli [ More … ]
As soon as Sisi on 25 October announced lifting the state of emergency across the country, eight human rights organizations stated that the move had only little impact in practice Eight human rights organizations have [ More … ]
Sudan’s military should allow peaceful protests, respect political participation of all, and set detainees free, Human Rights Watch said in a report it published yesterday. Sudan’s military leaders responsible for the 25 October 2021 takeover [ More … ]
Five human rights organizations have new reports about the human rights situation in Egypt, where they have documented the continued violations of fundamental rights in Egypt under Sisi, reported the Committee for Justice . Amnesty [ More … ]
Human rights groups have announced that Dr. Musa Al-Qarni has died in Saudi prisons, after spending 14 years of arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. ALQST, a London-based human rights organization that documents and promotes human rights [ More … ]
“Expo 2020 is yet another opportunity for the UAE to falsely present itself on the world stage as open, tolerant, and rights-respecting while shutting down the space for politics, public discourse, and activism,” says Michael [ More … ]
The head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has sent a message to human rights advocates to stay silent. “Stay silent, it is better for you. Egypt is a leading nation in respecting human rights,” Counsellor [ More … ]
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan discussed securing “tangible and lasting improvements” in human rights with Egypt’s Sisi and other top officials during a visit to Cairo on Wednesday, a senior U.S. official said, according [ More … ]
Egyptian rights groups have denounced the referral of Bologna University post-graduate student and researcher to emergency court Ten Egyptian human rights organizations on Tuesday denounced the State Security Prosecution’s decision to refer Patrick George Zaki, [ More … ]
The Biden administration is releasing nearly $200 million in military aid to Egypt but will hold back millions more over human rights concerns, the State Department said Tuesday in an announcement quickly criticized by rights [ More … ]
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