Rights group urges Egypt’s president to end violations
By Associated Press – A leading international rights group urged Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday to prioritise reforms aimed at ending human rights abuses during his [...]
NGOs Retrial in Case 173/2011 of welcomed by rights groups
By Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – The undersigned organizations welcome the Cassation Court’s decision today April 5th to order a retrial in Case no. 173/2011, known as the [...]
MP Accuses NGOs of Connection to Foreign Intelligence
By POMED – On March 8, Egyptian MP Alaa Abed accused seven prominent NGOs and human rights organizations of receiving funding from foreign intelligence agencies in exchange for publishing [...]
Statement By Senators McCain & Graham on Egyptian Law Imposing Severe Restrictions on NGOs
U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement today on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s enactment of legislation that imposes strict [...]
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Criticized as Repressive
By POMED – Member of Parliament and chairman of the Egyptian Democratic Party Ehab Mansour announced [Ar] on Wednesday in a press conference that he is rescinding his approval from the NGO [...]
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law ‘Reflects Traditional Official Trepidation About NGOS’
By POMED – The United Group, an Egyptian law firm, published on October 5 an examination of the draft NGO law recently approved by the Egyptian Cabinet on September 8. The United Group [...]
Egypt’s Assest Freeze is a Shameless Ploy to Silence Human Rights Activism
By Amnesty International – The Zeinhom Criminal Court’s decision to freeze the personal and organizational bank accounts of a group of leading and award-winning human rights lawyers and [...]
EU Statement on the decision of an Egyptian Court to freeze the assets of Human rights defenders
By EU Spokesperson – The decision taken by an Egyptian Court to freeze the assets of a number of prominent Egyptian Human rights defenders will directly affect a wide range of civil society [...]
The Egyptian Judiciary’s Relentless Assault on Civil Society
By CIHRS – Independent Human Rights organizations in Egypt pay the price under a president that considers Egyptians unworthy of dignity, freedom, and equality. On September 17, the Cairo [...]
Egypt: Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression
By Amnesty International – Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe out peaceful [...]
