Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The State Information Service (SIS) has launched an electronic platform in three languages (Arabic, English and French), which includes a comprehensive database of local, regional and international reports on all issues related to human rights.
Head of the Syndicate of Journalists and Chairman of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
The routine of Egyptian blogger and political dissident ʿAlāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ, consists of being released from prison in the morning only to return at the end of the day. ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ, was released from prison last March but will be subjected to severe surveillance by the state for the next five...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
Civil society institutions adopt goals and roles related to strengthening national identity, loyalty and raising the level of popular participation in political and social life. It is impossible to build a democratic society without civil society institutions. They come at the top of the list...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
The security authorities are waiting for the end of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr to execute 17 civilians involved in bombing attacks on three Coptic Christian churches (St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Cairo, St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Tanta and the St. Mark Orthodox Church in Alexandria), in case No...
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2019
The death of Muḥammad Mursī, Egypt’s first elected president since the 2011 revolution, on June 17 sparked a wave of controversy and conflicting truths between human rights organizations and Egyptian media. Mursī died in court in Cairo where he was on trial facing charges of espionage.
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) – an Egyptian civil society organization – and 11 NGO’s organized a public briefing in the headquarters of the US Senate in Washington on the 9th of April, the same day President ‘Abd Al-Fattāḥ Al-Sīsī visited the White House to meet President...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
The Ministry of Internal Affairs organized a training session for human rights officers of the Giza Security Directorate. The training was given by sign language experts in order to ease communication with those who are deaf or hard of hearing during investigations. The participating officers were...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The Forces for Freedom and Change in Sudan called for night assemblies in different cities across the nation to protest the killing of the protestors in the capital, Khartoum.
Tens of protestors were killed at the beginning of the month when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as Janjawīd...
Date of source: Friday, June 14, 2019
The ruling Transitional Military Council said more than one attempts to overthrow the council was planned and quashed in the previous period.
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2019
The Sudanese Attorney General said that he was invited to attend a Military Council meeting to negotiate the oversight of the attorney’s office on the plan to clear up “Colombia” of criminals, an area near to the protests in the city center. He also added that “no protest clear ups were discussed...