The undersigned independent human rights organizations call on all independent voices able to speak up freely to pressure President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his commitment to complying with Egypt’s …
UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt
Attacks on People Who Met with UN Expert (Geneva, December 12, 2018) – The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian …
Free Amal Fathy! End the crackdown of human rights organisations and defenders in Egypt
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KISA and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcome and support the Women’s Film Days, …
Egypt: 43 days after former MP’s disappearance, state denies knowledge of his fate while emphasizing his fugitive status
Find Mustafa Al Naggar The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the location and fate of Dr. Mustafa Al Naggar, a former member of Parliament …
Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations
With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise …
Egypt: President grants immunity for military commanders in exchange for lifelong hold on power
An Authoritarian Pact: Law on the Treatment of Senior Military CommandersOn November 1st, marking 100 days since the Egyptian Parliament’s adoption of Law 161 of 2018 on the treatment of …
JOINT LETTER: Don’t provide political cover for brutal repression of Egyptian government
65 local and international civil society organizations sent a letter to Ms. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to protest the Commission holding its …
Egypt: Wide-scale arrests of rights defenders target Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms
The undersigned independent rights organizations are gravely concerned by wide -scale arrests targeting human rights defenders with the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), an organization supporting victims of …
JOINT LETTER TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT AL SISI OF EGYPT
Dear Chancellor Merkel, Your upcoming meeting with President Al-Sisi of Egypt provides a crucial opportunity to raise concerns regarding the crackdown on the independent human rights movement in the country, …
Egypt: 12-year old child forcibly disappeared and held in solitary confinement in state’s “fight against terrorism”
Save Abdullah Boumedine The undersigned organizations condemn the unlawful measures taken by the Egyptian authorities against Abdullah Boumedine Nasr al-Din, age 12, of the town of Arish in the Sinai …