Date of source: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Minister of Interior Majdi `Abd al-Ghaffār met a group of journalists in his office on Monday to discuss police abuse and plans to confront terrorism.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Security personnel arrested Isma`ĭl Iskandarānī, a journalist and human rights activist, at Hurghāda airport late Sunday, security sources told Al-Masrī Al-Yawm.
Date of source: Saturday, November 28, 2015
“Exceptional circumstances can never be pretexts for torture,” Egypt’s former vice president Muhammad Al-Barade`ī tweeted after reports emerged about three people dying in Egypt as a result of police brutality over the past week.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) slammed in a statement Wednesday what it described as a security crackdown against independent cultural venues and activists in Egypt which could threaten stability in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Over the past two days, the Egyptian authorities have shut down an internationally respected art gallery and raided an independent publishing house in what free-speech advocates said Tuesday were the latest moves in an expanding crackdown on dissent that now includes cultural spaces popular with...
Date of source: Friday, December 25, 2015
On December 28, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in cooperation with the Lawyer Syndicate will hold a training for lawyers in the upper Egyptian cities on how to assist prisoners and detainees who are subject to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Date of source: Friday, December 25, 2015
“In international law,” tweeted Muhammad al-Barādē`i on December 22, “the UN Security Council can turn to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the crimes of enforced disappearance even if the country [where the crime is committed] is not a party in that court.”
Date of source: Thursday, December 24, 2015
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) has said that it registered 340 cases of enforced disappearance in Egypt in the space of just two months, with a daily average of three cases, Almesryoon.com reported.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is preparing a list with the names of forced disappearance victims that so far include 101 victims reportedly arrested by security forces.
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 2015
The presidency stressed on the commitment of the Egyptian State to uphold the values of justice, accountability, and human rights.