Tag: human rights

Press Syndicate case criminal, unrelated to freedom of speech: Al-Sisi

These comments are the first by the president on the topic since…

Amira El-Fekki

MP Al-Sadat faces parliamentary investigations on Thursday afternoon: media officer

Former head of Human Rights Committee has been accused of leaking a…

Amira El-Fekki

Russia pushed out while Egypt wins a seat on UN human rights council despite violations

Egypt wins membership among other countries that are also accused of severe…

Toqa Ezzidin

Yezidi women survivors of ‘Islamic State’ violence win EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

A pair of Yezidi women's advocates have been awarded the European Parliament's…

Deutsche Welle

Al-Sisi meets AUC board members

The president tackled the issue of human rights, asserting that Egypt is…

Daily News Egypt

New Human Rights Committee leader elected under suspicious circumstances

Rival candidate announced resignation as parliament elected new committee leaders for second…

Daily News Egypt

UN special rapporteur slams Egypt’s crackdown on civil society

The crackdown on civil society is a systematic attack and an attempt…

Toqa Ezzidin

‘Egypt’s human rights shouldn’t have western approach’: Al-Sisi tells US senators

The president has constantly undermined rights and freedoms’ issues; economic and social…

Amira El-Fekki

‘We are in tombs’: HRW’s report on Muslim Brotherhood members suffering in Scorpion prison

The prison has been described as a death camp by human rights…

Amira El-Fekki

Rights groups condemn treatment of detained 6 April Youth Movement coordinator

Amr Ali is one of many of the group’s activists who is…

Amira El-Fekki