Tag: human rights

Condemnations pour after Malek Adly’s delayed release

Rights groups urge Adly’s release, consider detention unlawful

Amira El-Fekki

UPDATE: Prosecution appeals Malek Adly’s release

Adly was arrested in May against the backdrop of the Red Sea…

Amira El-Fekki

The hardship of praying: churches under the state’s watchful eye

Amid distrust in the government, Copts demand secular vision to new law…

Amira El-Fekki

Stubbornness fans the flames of church construction law debate

The church is in dispute with the government over security permissions and…

Amira El-Fekki

Parliament was informed about committee’s visit to Geneva: MP Al-Sadat

Al-Sadat and other MPs were subject to harassment from fellow MPs and…

Daily News Egypt

Authorities keep turning their back on threats facing Egypt’s Copts: Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination

The NGO staged a protest Saturday demanding that victims of sectarian attacks…

Amira El-Fekki

Release of Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban delayed

The two activists have finished their prison term, and their families condemn…

Amira El-Fekki

CIHRS cancels annual human rights summer school in fear of crackdown

The annual summer school has been hosted in Cairo for 22 years

Daily News Egypt

CPJ denies involvement in foreign funding case

Human rights advocates Gamal Eid, Hossam Bahgat to appear in court on…

Amira El-Fekki

Parliament’s Human Rights Committee and NCHR: two legitimate human rights bodies obstructed

As the state and its affiliates remain reluctant to discuss human rights,…

Amira El-Fekki