Egypt

In 2011, one main takeaway from the Arab uprisings for the EU was that cosying up to dictators while supporting civil society superficially, but not in a meaningful, political way, […]

As we near the 10-year anniversary of the revolution of 2011, the great hopes of reform that were carried by Egyptians almost a decade ago have been destroyed by years

French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming visit to Paris, particularly to release arbitrarily detained activists and

Over 60 organisations from across the world stand in solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.

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