Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 2020
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) was established in 2002. Its goal was to strengthen and defend basic rights and freedoms in Egypt. However, since its founding 18 years ago, it has become clear that its real goal was to attack the Egyptian state and constantly try to bring down...
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This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and th
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
After the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected Amnesty International’s latest report on Egypt, a number of Egyptian human rights organizations supported the governmental rejection and revealed many weak factors in the report.
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The three papers published eight articles concerning human rights activists and centers. Al-Wafd dedicates four articles to discussing the idea of establishing a new national council for human rights. Two articles in Al-Arabi and Al-Ahrar are concerned with the same idea. Moreover, Al-Ahrar...
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The National Endowment for Democracy’s new orientation has caused uproar among Egyptian human rights organizations who believe in their right to choose their projects without interference from donors.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The
People’s Assembly’s approval of the two-year extension of the 25-
year-old emergency law has provoked a
furious reaction among Egyptian opposition, including the legally banned
Muslim Brotherhood. Many people
argue that the extension of the law will breed more violence in Egyptian society...
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
Many human right activists have opposed the Human Rights Committee of the People’s Assembly’s suggestion to alter the human rights organizations in Egypt to make them fall under the authority of the NGO’s Law instead of the Joint-Stock Company’s Law.
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2003
The Human Rights Center for Assisting Prisoners organized a human rights conference in Egypt. Muslim and Christian scholars participated in the conference asserted that Islam and Christianity are keen about human rights without religious or racial discrimination.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Uncommon in Egyptian press, al-Dustour publishes excerpts of the Human Rights Watch report on Egypt, 2005, revealing many problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2005
Six different concerned parties in Egypt have posed the question of who killed Ashraf Sa‘īd, the leader of the terrorist cell that executed the Azhar and ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Riyād bombings, in reports filed to the Attorney General.