Photos have emerged showing a man shot dead in what appears to be an extrajudicial killing by Egyptian authorities, casting doubt on Egypt’s claim that it executed “terrorists” following Friday’s deadly attack. The photos – [ More … ]
After deadly bombings hit two Coptic churches on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency. However, the new emergency measures are said to grant broad powers to security [ More … ]
A campaign has been launched by activists in the United States to highlight the unprecedented human rights violations in Egypt in the run-up to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s White House meeting next week. This week, the White [ More … ]
Egypt’s minister of Defense Sedki Sobhy has ratified the military court’s decision regarding case 174/west Cairo military court. In May 2016, Egypt’s military court has issued death sentences to 8 defendants in the case 174/2015 [ More … ]
21 political and labor entities, local and foreign NGOs along with more than 400 workers, employees, professionals, trade unions and academics are in solidarity to release 14 workers at Alexandria Shipyard Company who were detained [ More … ]
The Egyptian parliament has approved the extension of a law allowing the military to participate in protecting public facilities for five more years. Late June the cabinet decided to extend cooperation between the police and [ More … ]
Justice Human Rights Organization –an independent rights organization- has released a report titled: “Bitter Recap” to document human rights violations in Egypt throughout the last 3 years, from (July 2013-July 2016) The report was released [ More … ]
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