Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The United Nations is scrutinizing the United States’ human rights record after several violent flare-ups associated with the killings of unarmed black men by police officers around the country. In addition to investigating policing techniques, the United Nations is looking at mass-surveillance...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2016
Transitional Justice Minister Hunaydī reported that he met with the Egyptian-American Chamber of Commerce to present Egypt’s point of view regarding the effect of American policies. He added that the goal of the meeting was to examine recent developments connected with human rights and elections...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2016
Recent reports of unknown actors financing NGOs have begun to surface in the media. These elements reportedly finance NGOs and use them as a façade for political activities that stir up problems in street alongside efforts that are nominally engaged in development work.
(2 May 2015, al-Wafd,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Jamāl `Eid is an attorney and human rights defender who founded the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) in 2003.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Minister of Transitional Justice Ibrahīm al-Henēdi announced Tuesday the government is negotiating with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights to establish a regional office in Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, January 17, 2015
The Egyptian General Union of Copts slammed Friday the latest European Parliament (EP) report in which the Egyptian human rights record was criticized.
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2015
Egypt's Foreign Ministry slammed a European Parliament report criticizing the country's human rights record and calling for the release of 167 members of the dissolved parliament.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A delegation representing nine NGOs observed detained students taking their midterm examinations, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior.
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2015
“People talk about human rights, but what about God’s rights?” said Pope Tawadros in his sermon on the eve of Coptic Christmas on 6 January. These words, and most others in the same sermon rang hollow, as I recalled the opening lines of chapter thirteen in the book of Corinthians: “If I speak in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The National Council for Human Rights calls for the establishment of an Egyptian Health Council
Muhammed Fāʾiq president of the National Council for Human Rights said that the new Constitution affirmed the right of the citizens to health care, since the State has pledged to guarantee services and...