COVID-19 has provided another excuse for the Egyptian regime to expand its powers and crack down on rights, freedoms and rule of law in the country. Meanwhile, Egypt is facing […]
COVID-19: a new Trojan Horse to step up authoritarianism in Egypt Read More »
Many of us are under lockdown to minimise the risk of contracting COVID-19. This is not the case for human rights defenders in pre-trial detention in Egypt. The authorities’ refusal
Jailed Egyptian human rights defenders in the COVID-19 firing line Read More »
Geneva, 13 March 2020 Human rights organisations regret Egypt’s lack of constructive engagement during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and denounce Egypt’s reprisals against NGOs and human rights defenders who
Universal Periodic Review concludes without meaningful engagement from Egypt Read More »
EuroMed Rights, together with six other NGOs, sent on February 19, 2020 a joint letter calling for a comprehensive review of the EU’s relations with Egypt to the President of
NGO Joint Letter to the EU on Human Rights in Egypt Read More »
Since 20 September 2019, peaceful protests against rampant corruption have been repressed with an iron fist in Egypt. According to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, at the time
Egypt: EU turns a blind eye to mass arrest of peaceful protesters Read More »
With the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown against protesters intensifying in recent days, four Egyptian human rights defenders testified at an event today hosted in the European Parliament by MEP Hannah Neuman.
Egypt: human rights defenders and MEP urge the EU to use megaphone diplomacy Read More »
Ahead of the next UN Universal Periodic Review of Egypt’s human rights record scheduled for 13 November 2019, 18 NGOs have urged EU Members states to use this occasion to
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
G7: 20 Rights NGOs call on President Macron to denounce Egypt’s human rights record Read More »
Following an outcry from human rights activists and NGOs, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has decided to postpone its regional conference on “Defining and
UPDATE – EuroMed Rights welcomes postponement of UN anti-torture conference in Cairo Read More »
EuroMed Rights has declined the invitation received from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to take part in the regional conference on “Defining and Criminalizing
Open letter: EuroMed Rights will not attend UN Regional Conference on Torture in Cairo Read More »
