Tag: human rights

Civil society in Egypt is powerful and diverse: Abu Saada

Organisations have right to criticise human rights situation as long as they…

Daily News Egypt

HRW lambasts Egypt’s prisons for deaths, torture

"Authorities are more aggressive when it comes to detained political activists," says…

Amira El-Fekki

Alaa Abdel Fattah transferred to military hospital but health stable: Mona Seif

Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has been on hunger strike for 79 days

Emir Nader

Al-Sisi celebrates Police Day, days ahead of 25 January anniversary

President announced killing of 208 militants in “fight against terrorism”

Adham Youssef

Egyptian judiciary violates human rights: German official

Christoph Strässer discusses the Protest Law, freedom of speech and the NGOs…

Aya Nader

Prosecution appeals Ramsis bathhouse verdict

Defendants were charged with participating and organising same-sex “orgies”

Adham Youssef

26 Ramsis bathhouse defendants acquitted

Defendants’ lawyer vows to file lawsuit against journalist who reported and filmed…

Adham Youssef

NGO to submit 200 names for presidential pardon request in protest cases

Students most likely to be pardoned and released, say experts

Amira El-Fekki

Ramses bath house trial verdict postponed to 12 January

Defence questions legality of arrests, accuses police of allowing media to film…

Adham Youssef

NGOs’ reports slam judicial, security and economic system of 2014

"Decisions that affect the entire populations are made in a legislative vacuum,…

Amira El-Fekki