The undersigned human rights organizations call for the immediate release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a pro-democracy activist who is appealing his five-year prison sentence on Thursday, October 19th at the …
Egypt prevents globally acclaimed activist Mohamed Zaree from traveling to attend human rights award ceremony
As the international community gathers to honor Egyptian human rights defender Mohamed Zaree at the Martin Ennals Award ceremony in Geneva on October 10, the Egyptian government has barred him …
Human rights organizations condemn the crackdown on individuals based on their perceived sexual orientation and gender identity. It criticizes the state’s disregard for the Constitution and the violation of the rights of individuals to privacy and bodily integrity
The undersigned human rights organizations staunchly denounce the Interior Ministry’s crackdown on gay men, trans people and individuals the Egyptian state perceives to be LGBTQ+, which began after several young …
Representatives of authoritarian states hostile to fundamental freedoms should not head UNESCO
The signatory human rights organizations urge UNESCO to reject the candidacy of Moushira Khattab, a nominee for its Director- General post to be selected though election this coming Monday October …
Egypt | Human rights & freedom of expression in Egypt – trapped between security services and the media
Following the escalating violent attempts to suppress and divide civil society organizations, restrict their resources, and increase security measures to silence advocates for human rights and freedom of speech and …
Egypt | Human Rights Organizations and Political Parties: Ruling against Khaled Ali a politicized act of retribution exposing deterioration of Egypt’s justice system
The undersigned organizations and political parties condemn the judgment issued against rights lawyer Khaled Ali yesterday September 25 by the Doqqi Misdemeanor Court. Ali was sentenced to three months imprisonment …
Egypt | Detention with no end in Sight for Human Rights Defender Hanan Badr el-Din
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, ten organizations are urging Egyptian authorities to drop the preventative detention order against Hanan Badr el-Din, a human rights defender …
Yemen | Urgent Need for Independent International Inquiry on Yemen. Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Excellency, We, the undersigned nongovernmental organizations, urge you to support the creation of an independent international investigation into violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Yemen …
Judge’s Legitimacy Challenged by Human Rights Defenders before the Court.Travel bans and asset freezes in Foreign Funding Case issued by judge who lost his mandate two years ago.
Standing before the Administrative Court on August 26, 2017, human rights defenders appealed the renewal of investigative Judge Hisham Abdel Megid’s appointment in Case no. 173 of 2011, known as …
Egypt | Assembly Law’s repeal to be considered by State Council today
Today, Thursday August 3, the commissioners of the State Council’s first circuit will convene the first session on the petition (no. 26245/71) filed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …