Tag: human rights

Egypt needs reform to lift ban on religious diversity: EIPR

Case of Muslim Shi’a sheds light on discrimination, incitement, and violence

Amira El-Fekki

Al-Dostour Party receives torture complaint from detained member

Political activist Hamdy Qeshta reported verbal and physical assaults inside Boulaq police…

Amira El-Fekki

Afghan laws ‘ambiguous’ about pedophilic boy play subculture

Soraya Sobhrang of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHCR) tells DW…

Deutsche Welle

Taher Mokhtar and flatmates to remain in detention for another 45 days

Pre-trial detention has been renewed since January on accusations of anti-regime incitement

Amira El-Fekki

Sectarian violence against Copts reported near Alexandria

Attackers chanted ‘we don’t want a church’ while police let them go,…

Amira El-Fekki

Global condemnation continues to surround Malek Adly’s imprisonment

The lawyer was arrested in early May on charges of spreading false…

Daily News Egypt

Human rights defenders state demands for improvement in parliamentary meeting

Criticisms include abusive detention practices, torture, and police denial of enforced disappearances

Amira El-Fekki

Detained researcher sends letter from jail: ECRF

“I always knew my turn would come,” writes Mina Thabet

Amira El-Fekki

Bahrain rearrests top activist Rajab in dawn raid

Bahraini police have searched the home of Nabeel Rajab, taking the prominent…

Deutsche Welle

Hundreds flee besieged IS bastion in Syria

Hundreds of civilians have reportedly escaped from a besieged jihadi stronghold in…

Deutsche Welle