Date of source: Friday, March 20, 2015
11 NGOs issued a collective statement doubting the seriousness of the Egyptian government in addressing its human rights profile. According to the statement, “Egypt’s announcement to accept some of the international recommendations will be meaningless if the government did not act to achieve them...
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Ihāb Fawzī, Egypt’s ambassador to the EU in Brussels “has sent Sāmih Shukrī, Minister of Foreign affairs a letter objecting the high number of death penalties against the Muslim Brothers in Egypt”. According to al-ʿArabī News, Fawzī believes such exaggerated numbers of death sentences make his job...
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 2015
Several NGOs and individuals from Egypt and abroad signed a statement urging the Egyptian government to release 30 refugees on food strike to protest the treatment of the Egyptian police.
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2015
The kidnapping of Egyptian workers in Libya is the latest crisis to be added to the long list of problems to befall Egyptian migrant workers in Libya. The number of Egyptian workers who have illegally crossed into Libya through open deserts exceeds a million. Most Egyptian migrant workers in Libya...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
Hāfidh Abū Saʿda, the President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, repudiated the killing of Egyptian Copts in Libya, describing the killings as racially motivated. In response to the killings, he said “we must confront those who use religion to kill Egyptians and we must confront these...
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2015
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed alarm over the incomplete version of events presented in the High Council for Human Right’s report on the events that occurred in Egypt on January 25, 2015. The Ministry said that the report completely ignored that the Brotherhood plants many explosive...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 2015
Egypt had approved legislation allowing individuals accused of committing violations against state institutions to be referred to military courts.
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemned the killing of 21 Coptic citizens of Egypt in Libya at the hands of ISIS and offered its condolences to the families of the victims. The organization emphasized the necessity of cooperation on a regional and international level and asked for the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Egyptian Union for Human Rights: Europe Must Adopt a Unified Position Opposing Terrorism
Doctor Najīb Jibrā’īl, the director of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, said that Europe should adopt a stance opposing terrorist organizations, especially organizations like the International Organization...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
During the first annual conference of the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights under the title “The roles and responsibilities of refugees in Egypt”, Head of the Association of Egyptian Female Lawyers, Rābha Fathī, gave a speech on how her Association helps female Syrian refugees by giving them...