Amnesty International on Thursday demanded that Egyptian authorities conduct “prompt, effective and independent investigations” into the forced disappearance of a couple and their infant child.
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Egyptian activists in US say families facing ramped up pressure
Egyptian rights activists in the United States are accusing the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of targeting their loved ones to pressure them into silence, spurring calls for President Joe Biden to put pressure on Egypt to address its human rights record.
Read More »Ten years on, repression and violence fail to stamp out Arab activism: Amnesty
Ten years after the Arab Spring, most Middle Eastern countries have either devolved into chaos or restored autocracy in a bid for stability.
Read More »Blinken: Human rights central to US-Egypt relationship
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a range of issues with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, including partnership and human rights, the State Department said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Read More »Egypt’s stateless keep receiving empty promises of citizenship
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has recently granted citizenship to three stateless individuals who were born in the south Sinai Peninsula.
Read More »Egyptian parliament hopes to counter US Congress criticism on human rights
The Egyptian parliament is scrambling to respond and deal with criticism by the US Congress regarding human rights violations in Egypt.
Read More »Rights groups slam US arms sale to Egypt as activist’s relatives arrested
Rights groups have slammed the Biden administration’s decision to approve a $200m arms sale to Egypt amid reports that Cairo arrested the relatives of Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan.
Read More »Egypt: Activist Stripped of Citizenship
The Egyptian government should reverse its arbitrary and abusive decision, made in December 2020, to revoke the citizenship of political activist Ghada Naguib, Human Rights Watch said today. The Parliament should amend abusive citizenship laws so that they comply with Egypt’s international human rights obligations.
Read More »Amnesty: UK has failed to support rights advocates in Egypt
A new report by Amnesty International says that health workers, lawyers, journalists and rights activists in several countries including Egypt have failed to get support or funding from British embassies during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Over 100 orgs call on governments to establish UN monitoring mechanism on human rights in Egypt
More than 100 leading human rights groups from around the world have called on foreign governments to establish a monitoring and reporting mechanism on the human rights situation in Egypt at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council scheduled to begin on February 22.
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