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: 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: Friday, April 10, 2015
The National Council for Human Rights calls for the creation of an independent body to monitor the quality of medical services
The National Council for Human Rights affirmed the necessity of increasing the allocated budget for the Health system, according to the 2014 Constitution together with an...
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
The Egyptian Foundation for Training and Human Rights: the parties demand to postpone the election for a year
Hāzim Munīr human rights expert and president of the Egyptian Foundation for Training and Human Rights announced that Egypt urgently needs to have elections and to form a parliament to...
Date of source: Monday, June 29, 2015
Al-Hanīdī: The National Council for Human Rights amends the draft law proposal
Chancellor Ibrahim Hanīdī, Transitional Justice Minister and Chairman of the Council of the National Committee of the House of Representatives, said that the National Council for Human Rights withdrew the draft law...
Date of source: Monday, June 29, 2015
The National Council for Human Rights to the world: support Egypt.
The National Council for Human Rights condemned the attack that targeted Judge Hishām Barakāt this morning, describing this operation as a cowardly and despicable terrorist act. The council stated that this and other similar...
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2016
Najād al-Barʿī: “Civil society in Egypt is suffering from attempts to crush it”
Lawyer Najād al-Barʿī head of the Lawyers and Legal Consultants United Group, said that civil society is threatened by attempts to crush it. He pointed to the attempts of striking human rights activists, citing the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2015
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) submitted a demand to the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) to nullify the names of candidates who resort to defamation in their parliamentary electoral campaigns in accordance with item 14 of article 74 /2015 of the electoral codes of conducts...
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 2015
In a statement disclosed by Dr. Najīb Jibrāʾīl, the chairman of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization (EUHRO) said that the Salāfī Daʿwa leaders still issue statements that incite hatred against Copts, thus destabilizing social peace. He added that on every [Christian] religious occasion...
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.