Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Egyptian human rights activists circulated news this Sunday that the detainee ʿĀʾisha al-Shāṭir, daughter of the Muslim Brotherhood leader Khayrat al-Shāṭir, was transferred to prison hospital after her health deteriorated due to her hunger strike, which is approaching its third consecutive week.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Eight years have passed since the 2011 revolution that succeeded in toppling former Egyptian president Ḥusnī Mubārak, but intense debate has recently broken out concerning the fate of individuals widely considered at the time to be ‘icons’ of the uprising following a series of videos recently...
Date of source: Thursday, May 2, 2019
The Delegation of Egypt affirmed in the meetings of the 64th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, that Egypt is committed to the implementation of the international conventions for combating human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants.
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2019
"The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is important in disseminating and promoting the provisions of international humanitarian law and global humanitarian principles" said Muḥammad Fāʾiq, president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Date of source: Thursday, August 29, 2019
Jīhān al-Sādāt, wife of the late President Muḥammad Anwār al-Sādāt, is considered one of the most important advocates for Egyptian women’s rights in history. She was a lecturer at Cairo University, was a visiting professor at the American University in Cairo, and a lecturer at South Carolina State...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Ayman Naṣrī, head of the Arab- European Forum for Dialogue and Human Rights in Geneva, has given his sincere condolences to families of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place in front of the National Cancer Institute. He expressed his condemnation of the attack, which resulted in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
The President of the National Council for Women (NCW) Maya Mursi met with the Executive Director of Gambia’s African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Morocco’s National Human Rights Council member Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾand the Coordinator of Morocco’s North African NGOS Coalition Naji...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) expressed deep sorrow over the fire that erupted in Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The UAE’s Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation Nassir bin Thani Al Hamli and Egypt’s Minister of Manpower Muḥammad Saʿafan held a bilateral meeting to discuss the conditions of Egyptian workers in the UAE
Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2019
Nine Egyptian human rights organizations including Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), al-Nadīm Center, Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR), Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), and the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) have condemned coercive...