Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2015
During the event on “racism around the world” that was held by the International Human Rights Council in Geneva, Egypt’s permanent UN representative ʿAmr Ramadān, criticized the rise of racism in the US against African Americans. ʿAmr also criticized xenophobia and Islamophobia in places such as...
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Egypt accepts 81% of the recommendations of the UN council on Human Rights and rejects recommendations such as “abolishment of death penalty” and achieving “unconditional gender equality”. According to ambassador ʿAmr Ramadān, Egypt’s UN representative, “Egypt rejects some recommendations because...
Date of source: Friday, March 20, 2015
Egypt’s UN ambassador, ʿAmr Ramadān says “we accept positive criticism that will support the progress that we aim for”. Worth mentioning is that 25 international organizations issued a statement “condemning the Egyptian government for its treatment of human rights defenders and for its human rights...