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At the ninth United Nations Congress on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, central issues were discussd regarding the spread of organized crime and the dangers posed by its international tendencies. The conference was held in Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995. It...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement condemning the measures taken by the security services during the demonstrations of 25 April, confirming that they clearly violated the Constitution.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Mukhtār Munīr, the Lawyer at The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), said the security services had arrested Ambassador Yaḥyā Nijm, former Egyptian ambassador to Venezuela, before the Journalists Syndicate.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information “ANHRI” condemned the security crackdown carried out by the security forces on Thursday evening in the governorates against youth activist and national figures, asserting that the security forces arrested citizens from their homes and coffee shops in...
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Ralph Donald Berenger was born in 1945 in North Dakota, U.S. Ralph Berenger has more than four decades of experience in public relations, print and broadcast media. From 1976-92, he was owner and publisher of three newspapers in Idaho, and general manager of a daily newspaper, one monthly and two...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
John Casson, British ambassador to Egypt, met with appellate defender Najjād al-Bur ̔ī to discuss the current state of human rights in Egypt. Al-Bur ̔ī is the president of United Group, an Egyptian law firm which focuses on human rights cases.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
A report which president of the Council, Muhammad Fā’iq, submitted to Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī found that that more than 212 prisoners were killed during the last year within police stations and prisons due to torture or lack of medical attention. Three women were among the dead....
Date of source: Friday, August 14, 2015
The Salafi Al-Nūr Party has intensified its meetings with it its support bases throughout Egypt's provinces to discuss the challenges the State is currently facing, and to "expose the crimes of the Muslim Brotherhood, and its vandalism to damage the country," according to Sameh `Abd al-Hamīd,...
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Former President Muhammad Morsi, as well as more than 100 others, received the death sentence for escaping prison during the 25 of January Revolution in 2011. The decision came after rapid mass trials which the United Nations described as “unprecedented in modern history.” Amnesty International...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mansaf Najīb, the President of the Legislative Council for Administration, reported that the council finished preparing prison reform legislation in its latest session. The legislation comes in response to the demands of the National Council for Human Rights which requires that its members be...