UN Body examines Egypt’s Record on Civil and Political Rights
By POMED – Today marked the second and final day of the UN Human Rights Committee’s examination of the Egyptian government’s implementation of the International Covenant on [...]
Open Letter Urges Biden Administration to Not Waive Conditions on Egypt Aid
By POMED – On April 22, 2021, the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), along with 13 other human rights and civil society organizations, sent a letter to Secretary of State [...]
Update on Imprisoned Student, Patrick Zaki
By POMED – After the Third Circuit Court renewed Patrick George Zaki’s detention order on April 5, his defense said that the judge was unqualified to manage Zaki’s detention [...]
Report – U.S. Security Assistance to Egypt: Examining the Return on Investment
By Seth Binder of POMED and William D. Hartung of Center for International Policy – Since overthrowing Egypt’s democratically elected president in 2013, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has [...]
Coptic rights activist Ramy Kamel arrested in Cairo
By POMED – Egyptian Coptic rights activist Ramy Kamel was arrested at his home November 23 and is being charged with joining a terrorist organization and spreading false information. He is [...]
Speaker During Religious Ministerial Delivers Biased Speech on Religious Freedom in Egypt
By POMED – According to Coptic Solidarity, an organization defending religious minorities and religious freedom in Egypt, Joel Rosenberg, an author and pundit, delivered “misleading” [...]
Report – Prayers Unanswered: Assessing the Impact of Egypt’s 2016 Church Construction Law
By POMED – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has promised to improve the situation of the country’s Christians, who by many estimates constitute about ten percent [...]
A new hope for NGOs in Egypt?
By Andrew Miller, Opinion Contributor – The Hill – On April 5, Egypt’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial in the 2012-2013 NGO foreign funding case, in which 43 U.S.- and [...]
UN Human Rights Chief Denounces Egypt’s Media Intimidation
By POMED – On March 7, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein described the Egyptian government’s suppression of freedom of expression in [...]
Egyptian Government Criticizes Congressional Hearing on Human Rights
By POMED – On December 6, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress held a hearing to discuss human rights abuses in Egypt. The hearing, which featured the testimony of [...]
