Egypt

The undersigning human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 including media, political and human rights platforms. Blocking websites is a violation […]

We, the undersigned international non-governmental organisations, call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah, who were arbitrarily arrested and

Paranoia, ruthlessness and exploitation are all words which could be associated with the Egyptian government’s contentious relationship with social media.  

Social media can be considered a double-edged sword for the Egyptian human rights movement. It allows individuals and human rights organisations to reach the public and spread a human rights perspective.

On 25 August 2020, Bahey Eldin Hassan, a prominent Egyptian human rights defender, and director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) was sentenced in absentia to fifteen

Punished for his Critical Tweets On 25 August 2020, the Fifth “Terrorism Circuit” of the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Bahey eldin Hassan, a veteran human rights defender, to 15 years

EuroMed Rights, Committee for Justice, Egyptian Front for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for

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

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

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