The independent human rights community in Egypt is at unprecedented risk. The recent imposition of travel bans, asset freezes as well as the interrogation of NGO staff by investigative judges …
17 Egyptian Rights Groups Write to the High Commissioner on the Human Rights Situation in Egypt and Ask Him to Adopt their Recommendations
Yesterday, Wednesday, March 9, 17 Egyptian rights groups sent a letter to Zeid Ra’ad, the UN high commissioner for human rights, detailing the state of human rights in Egypt and …
It’s Time for a Serious Dialogue Between Broadminded Military Figures, Seculars and Islamists
Bahey eldin Hassan Inaugurates the Homo Homini Human Rights Award Ceremony and the 21st One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and in Prague Bahey El Din Hassan, director …
Bahey eldin Hassan Meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met on Friday, March 4, with Zeid Bin Ra’ad, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with Ban Ki-moon, Norwegian deputy foreign minister, and US assistant secretary of state for human rights
On the sidelines of the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convened in the HRC headquarters in Geneva, Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute …
Attempted Shutdown of the Nadeem Center Exposes the War on Independent Rights Organizations
Rights groups: we are operating in a repressive climate with the state harassing us at every juncture
The undersigned organizations condemn the egregious assault on the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture that is intended to obstruct its operation, based on a …
90 days of abuses threaten life of Dr. Ahmed Said in Aqrab Prison; rights groups say Said’s case exemplifies torture and ill treatment in prisons
The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned for the health and physical safety of Dr. Ahmed Said, who is currently detained in the Tora maximum security facility, known as the Aqrab …
Rights organizations stand in solidarity with the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate and condemn smear campaign against them; Matariya policemen must be prosecuted
The undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate, which in a few short hours will convene an emergency meeting of the general assembly. We appreciate the …
Cairo University’s termination of academic Kholoud Saber’s scholarship in Belgium and ordering her to return is a flagrant violation of academic freedom
Cairo University’s decision demonstrates the erosion of university independence and its reliance on dictates of Ministry of Higher Education, which acts as a cover for security intervention in universities The …
14 rights organizations: more than two years in pretrial detention is a flagrant violation of the law
AFTE files complaint with High Judiciary Council protesting renewed detention of Mahmoud Mohammed The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the decision of the 24th circuit of the Giza Felony Court to …
Egypt’s borders have become a mass jail cell for activists and rights advocates
The undersigned organizations condemn the recent arbitrary travel bans issued against several individuals involved in public life, in particular human rights defenders, the latest being rights activist Gamal Eid, the …
22 months in pretrial detention on charges carrying a life sentence: the penalty for a youth initiative to address the tragedy of street children in Egypt
Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing pretrial detention of Aya Hegazy, …
Rights organizations and public figures: the case lays the groundwork for the confiscation of the right of academic research and freedom of information and infringes freedom of association and freedom of opinion and expression
The undersigned public figures and rights organizations are gravely concerned by the ongoing detention of writer and researcher Hisham Gaafar, the head of the board of trustees of the Mada …
Rights organizations: closure of the public sphere, and confiscation of liberties continue
The undersigned organizations condemn the vicious security campaign carried out by the Ministry of Interior in the run-up to the fifth anniversary of the 25 January revolution, which entailed extensive …
The United Nations Working Group declares the detention of Yara Sallam as arbitrary and requests compensation
Cairo-Geneva-Paris, January 20, 2016 – A UN expert body, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), declares the detention of human rights defender Yara Sallam, as arbitrary, and requests immediate …