Tag: human rights

NGO ‘shocked’ at continued detention of anti-Protest Law demonstrators

Case involves trial of 24 people charged with breaching Protest Law

Hend Kortam

Al-Jazeera sentences an ‘appalling attack on press freedom’: IFEX

Rights network calls for immediate release of journalists

Ali Omar

In answer to Pope Tawadros, now is the time to talk about human rights

By Wael Eskandar Last week Pope Tawadros issued the latest in a…

Daily News Egypt

US pushes Egypt to address ‘international concerns’

Kerry reiterates concerns over freedoms in Egypt and warns of alienating the…

Joel Gulhane

Human rights groups push for torture allegations investigation

Groups demand immediate investigation and forensic examinations of female detainees

Adham Youssef

Nazra condemns targeting, detention of women’s rights activists

Group says arrests due to women’s legitimate activities in the defense of…

Ali Omar

Security and legal apparatuses ‘may require far-reaching changes’: EIPR report

The report addresses the latest cases of state violence in Egypt

Adham Youssef

Security forces confiscate issue of rights group’s publication

AHNRI head says security forces claimed WASLA was Muslim Brotherhood-linked

Ali Omar

Obama rules out sending troops as cleric calls Iraqis to arms

Washington spent billions of dollars training and equipping Iraqi security forces before…

Daily News Egypt

UN High Commissioner condemns activists’ sentencing

Verdict fails to meet international fair trial standards, says UN Human Rights…

Daily News Egypt