Tag: ECESR

NGOs issue statement to provide direction on human rights as parliament convenes for first time

NGOs call for specific legal amendments on rights, freedoms, justice, equality, and…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Lack of transparency, awareness curbs civil-society action

Environmental issues are often perceived as a luxury, says researcher

Menan Khater Menan Khater

Egyptian researcher detained pending investigation

Prosecution accused Alexandrani of belonging to an outlawed group, promoting that group’s…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

State Council approves appeal on NGOs law

ECESR appealed against articles in the law governing NGOs and civil society

Menan Khater Menan Khater

Egypt ranked in high risk category for corruption in defence, security sectors

Detailed defence budgets on global scale not made public, only aggregated numbers…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Counter measures to threats should respect rights, rule of law: Rights groups

Extensive analysis and reactions by different groups continue amid tense political climate…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Halting capital gains tax blow for social justice: ECESR

Government continues to pursue same polices undertaken by NDP, by favouring interests…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Fabricated charges, arbitrary suspensions in ‘month of labour’: ECESR 

Suspended journalists are set to form an “Association for Suspended Journalists” through…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

58 entities, 44 human rights defenders in solidarity with 17 Al-Sabbagh case defendants

Suspects face protest charges, include three eyewitnesses

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Protest, investment and BP: Egypt is open for business but not for accountability

With billions of dollars of investment due to flood Egypt, we look…

Emir Nader Emir Nader