Tag: NGOs

Demands continue for Egypt to improve its human rights record

As Egypt secures a seat at UN Human Rights Council, concerns renew…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Child slavery primes Syrian kids to become sex workers when they grow up

In Lebanon, short-sighted refugee policies are driving children into slavery and a…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle

HRW calls on Egyptian authorities to drop charges against lawyer El-Borai

The lawyer was summoned for interrogation six times over proposing an anti-torture…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Rights violations: two years of the unprecedented

I do not think that Egypt has ever seen such a decline…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Prosecution of human rights lawyer continues over anti-torture bill

A National Security officer testified against Negad El-Borai, accusing him of illegally…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Court postpones ‘NGOs foreign funding’ case to 17 July  

The defendants requested the case files in order to review and prepare…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Maat calls on cabinet to interfere, follow up on ministry performance with NGOs

The organisation will apologise to the Anna Lindh Foundation as it is…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Friedrich-Nauman country director confirms regional office transfer was organisation’s decision

The organisation decided to transfer its regional office from Cairo to Amman

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

At least 300 protestors detained during Monday’s protests: NGOs

Police representatives reject the term “detention”, could not confirm the number of…

Taha Sakr Taha Sakr