Coptic Solidarity Update: UN Advocacy Trip
This update was sent to Coptic Solidarity’s supporters on March 16, 2020. I’m writing to you from Geneva, where I arrived last Wednesday and headed to the UN as planned. Most of you have [...]
Coptic Solidarity Speech for UN Human Rights Council: Prisoners of Conscience in Egypt
By Coptic Solidarity – Lindsay Griffin of Coptic Solidarity was scheduled to give this speech to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, but the session was cancelled due to COVID [...]
Jubilee Campaign & Coptic Solidarity: Following-up the Universal Periodic Review of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Human Rights Council – Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 6 Universal Periodic Review Joint written statement* submitted by Jubilee Campaign, non-governmental [...]
UN rights review roundly criticizes Egypt over prison conditions, civil society violations, discrimination
By Mada Masr – Despite intensive lobbying to stem criticism of Egypt’s track record on civil liberties and the conditions of civil society, United Nations member states issued 372 [...]
In wake of government crackdown, Egypt lobbies for support ahead of major UN human rights review
By Mada Masr – Egypt is “fully prepared” to face all the accusations it expects will be brought against it at the Universal Periodic Review session scheduled to be held at the United [...]
