On May 28, 2019, Human Rights Watch released a report, “‘If You Are Afraid for Your Lives, Leave Sinai!’: Egyptian Security Forces and ISIS-Affiliate Abuses in North Sinai,” which details the serious abuses, including war crimes, Egyptian government forces and ISIS-affiliated militants have carried out in North Sinai.

The timing could not have been more perfect for Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi. His country will host the next session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) scheduled to take place from 24 April to 14 May 2019 at a time when Egypt ranks as one …

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused both Egyptian security forces and jihadists of committing “war crimes” in their confrontation in the restive North Sinai region.

Some 762 detainees have died in Egyptian jails since the July 2013 coup, a UK-based human rights group reported yesterday, adding that 551 of them had died as a result of medical negligence.

Amnesty International voiced concern on Friday of a new crackdown against rights activists in Egypt after authorities arrested two government critics this week.

  Such probationary measures have been used expansively against political activists who criticise President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi or played a role in the 2011 uprising which led to former president Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow. The aim, rights groups suggest, is to crush dissent and make the life of Mr Sisi’s opponents …

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdelfattah has finally joined his family for the Ramadan evening meal of iftar in what he celebrated as a “little victory” on Sunday.

The family of Egypt’s first democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, on Sunday said he is seeing in the holy month of Ramadan while in solitary confinement.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned of the impact of protests on the country’s “stability” and development plans.

The family of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdelfattah has denounced the “unlawful” conditions of his parole as authorities have barred him from having the two main meals of the holy month of Ramadan with his family.