Tag: human rights

Activist released after being reportedly detained at airport, forcibly disappeared

“We are concerned, as innocent people get killed and their bodies thrown…

Amira El-Fekki

NGOs, NCHR demand revision, participation in drafting anti-terror law

Government promises to take into consideration concerns raised over press freedom

Amira El-Fekki

Egypt’s clerics condemn gay marriage law

Homosexuality “is deterioration of human rights”, says Al-Azhar

Amira El-Fekki

GUC bus driver receives 6-month prison term for student’s death

Death of 19-year-old student sparked fellow students’ anger

Amira El-Fekki

French student arrested, deported from Egypt for researching 6 April

“They knew who I was and what I was doing long before…

Emir Nader

‘Human rights a hindrance for stability’: AOHR-UK tackles Egyptian policies

The UK-based watchdog criticises practices by security forces and judiciary but faces…

Yousef Saba

Arrested employees of leading rights group released on bail

Director of ECRF says that their treatment is part of a “bigger…

Emir Nader

Amnesty International defends research against foreign ministry accusations of ‘lies’

NGO says Egyptian authorities do not differentiate between ”peaceful criticism and abuses…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt’s young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International

“The country has reverted fully to being a police state,” rights group…

Nourhan Fahmy

A year of violations: Rights groups review violations in first year of Al-Sisi’s presidency

AFTE, El Nadeem document human rights violations in fields of press freedom,…

Menan Khater