Rights groups have raised concerns about the whereabouts of a prominent Egyptian journalist after she was detained by security officials on Thursday.

A leading human rights advocacy group is urging Egyptian authorities to release the autopsy report and investigate the suspicious death of an economic researcher detained two months ago.

On March 6, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) published its 202227 Egypt Country Strategy. The undersigned organizations commend the EBRD’s more realistic appraisal of the human rights situation in Egypt compared to the previous Assessment and Strategy in 2017. We appreciate the EBRD’s recognition of the striking …

Egyptian authorities must conduct an “impartial and effective” investigation into the suspicious death in custody of Ayman Hudhud, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) on Monday called on the Public Prosecutor to investigate the death of Ayman Hadhoud, an economic researcher and member of the Supreme Authority of the Reform and Development Party, in light of the controversial circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death and the Interior …

An Egyptian economist who has been missing since February has died in government custody, a local rights watchdog has said.

Sexual violence against detainees in Egypt is “systemic”, according to a report by The Egyptian Front for Human Rights and Freedom released on Thursday.

Three prominent activists detained in Egypt’s Tora prison ended a hunger strike they had launched earlier in March after the prison’s administration responded to their demands, Mada Misr reported on Thursday, citing the bother of one of detained activists.

Amnesty International said a number of political activists who have been arbitrarily detained in Egypt’s notorious Tora Prison have started a hunger strike to protest the harsh conditions and ill treatment they are enduring.

Seven human rights organisations have called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to link the new loan being negotiated with Egypt to the government granting more economic and social rights to its people and strengthening judicial independence.