Several Egyptian and international human rights organisations have recently reported numerous suicide attempts and hunger strikes among detainees. Human rights groups said on Monday that collective punishment is taking place at Egypt’s Badr prison complex, [ More … ]
“The Egyptian authorities should overturn the harsh prison sentences imposed on March 5, 2023, following an unfair mass trial of 29 men and women solely because of their peaceful activism,” Human Rights Watch said today. [ More … ]
A message leaked from the Badr-3 Prison – formerly “Al-Aqrab” (Scorpion) – and circulated by Egyptian rights organizations and activists, projects human rights “brutal” violations and abuses in Egyptian prisons. The message signed by Badr-3 [ More … ]
Several Egyptian human rights groups have called for putting an end to forcible disappearances that are “increasingly widespread and systematic,” according to a joint statement. A group of Egyptian human rights organizations have issued to [ More … ]
Egypt’s human rights crisis has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, according to a recent human rights report submitted to the United Nations The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and [ More … ]
Several human rights groups have called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to release the Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman, warning that he could face torture and arbitrary detention should he be forcibly returned to Egypt. [ More … ]
At a time when Addis Ababa is close to completing its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project without settling its disputes with Sudan and Egypt, circulated reports claim that development is not the main objective [ More … ]
US President Joe Biden and other U.S. officials cozied up to Egypt’s Sisi at COP27 while occasionally “raising” the issue of human rights. Away from COP27, Alaa Abdel Fattah sent his family a letter, the [ More … ]
Lebanon buses refugees back to Syria as repatriation plan continued. However, some refugees were reportedly ‘shocked’ to be notified at the border that they cannot cross because their names had not been cleared by Syria [ More … ]
The Belady human rights organization in Egypt has called for the release of 145 women and 89 children held in prisons and official detention centers in connection with political cases In light of the reactivation [ More … ]
US Senator Chris Murphy has explained to the Senate why the Biden administration should withhold aid to the Egyptian government over significant human rights abuses. “Has Egypt made significant progress on human rights? “Of those [ More … ]
Egyptian Human Rights organizations have called for immediate release of 10 Egyptian Nubians unjustly held by the Saudi Arabia authorities Days before the final verdict is issued against them on August 31, Egyptian Human Rights [ More … ]
Human rights are escalating calls on US President to press MBS for immediate release of political prisoners and stop violations against regime critics, at a time when US is reportedly seeking full “reset” of relations [ More … ]
At the European Parliament, the Egyptian House of Representatives’ Human Rights Committee chairperson and the rest of the Egyptian delegation with him have recently been ‘grilled on the government’s human rights record’. Tarek Radwan, the [ More … ]
Following execution of 7 people by Egyptian authorities last week, eight human rights organizations have urged the government to stop implementing the death penalty in the country The eight Egyptian human rights organizations on March [ More … ]
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