Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2021
A human rights delegation visited Ṭura Prison and inspected the prisoners’ living conditions there after accepting an invitation from the Ministry of Interior.
Date of source: Thursday, October 8, 2020
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called for a solution to the problem of renewing pre-trial detention for long periods of time without a referral from a criminal court.
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2020
An official in the National Committee for Human Rights in Qatar has revealed that the Committee has ordered the Qatari authorities to cooperate with their Egyptian counterparts, the National Council of Human Rights in Egypt, with the aim of solving the issue regarding the return of 400 Egyptians...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), in its current status, does not go beyond what former President Ḥusnī Mubārak wanted it to be, an independent, but highly controlled, establishment, used only to beautify the regime’s appearance.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Counselor Husām al-Ghiryānī, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt and Chairman of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), said the draft constitution will be subject to amendments during the next few days. [Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, Nov. 14, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The National Council for Human Rights also denounced the displacement of some Coptic citizens of Rafah, North Sinai, upon threats by “outlaws jeopardizing order and the state itself and clashing with the values and principles of human rights”.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The Egyptian Council for Human Rights has denounced the attacks and violations against some citizens in Upper Egypt as well as al-Minya Governorate, due to their adherence to the Christianity. The council made a formal statement that there is a methodological targeting of Christians due to their...
Date of source: Sunday, August 24, 2014
The NCHR is holding today a workshop for civil associations to discuss the draft laws of civil associations.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2017
During the opening of the annual forum of NGOs organized by the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Tuesday, the NCHR’s President Muḥammad Fāʾiq said that there can be no democracy without an active civil society to put the constitution into effect, adding that the NCHR is focusing...
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Dr. Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī, Secretary General of the United Nations, is addressing the European Parliament on the 50th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding in Strasbourg. His speech is mainly about democracy, European values and model and how the UN sees the future of the...