The undersigned rights organizations demand the immediate release of researcher Ibrahim Ezz El-Din and labor lawyer and activist Haitham Mohammedein, both working at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms …
Civil society—not repressive regimes—should discuss inequality at G7
Later this week, France will host the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, with a theme of “fighting inequality” — including gender inequality. FIDH and 73 of its member organisations around …
The UN postpones its regional conference in Egypt on the crime of torture
Human rights organizations: Egypt’s appalling record of torture should disqualify it from hosting conference The signatory Egyptian rights organizations thank all parties, both Egyptian activists and international organizations, for their …
EGYPT: 20 RIGHTS NGOS CALL ON PRESIDENT MACRON TO DENOUNCE EGYPT’S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD DURING THE G7 MEETING
It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the chosen theme is “the fight …
EGYPT: New crackdown to terrorise civil society
Paris-Geneva, July 23, 2019 – At least 83 persons, including political opposition activists, journalists and human rights defenders, have been arrested in Egypt over terrorist charges since June 25 for …
Egypt: Draft NGO law before parliament is simply rebranded repression, must be rejected
The undersigned organizations reject the draft NGO law currently before the Egyptian parliament. Presented as an alternative to the widely-criticized Law 70 of 2017, the draft NGO is simply a …
Egypt: Aboul-Fotouh’s life in critical danger from prolonged medical neglect in prison
The undersigned organizations warn that prominent opposition politician Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh will soon meet the grim fate of former president Mohamed Morsi, unless there is immediate intervention to put …
Egypt: Latest arrest campaign seeks to eliminate emerging coalition in coming parliamentary elections
The undersigned rights organizations demand the immediate, unconditional release of all persons detained in the dawn security raids of June 25 and 26, in which at least eight were arrested …
Egypt: Red Cross oversight of prisons demanded by rights groups following Morsi’s death
Medical neglect in prisons a tool of the Sisi government to kill its opponents, Morsi will not be the last victim The death of former president Mohamed Morsi exposes one …
EGYPT : URGENT APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF MALAK AL-KASHIF
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on UN Special Rapporteurs, Members of the European Parliament, and representatives in national Parliaments of the European Union to urgently intervene and communicate …