Days before announcing the imminent inauguration of the largest prison complex in Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched the country’s first national human rights strategy. The prison announcement, made “casually” during a telephone interview with a national talk show, starkly contrasted with the three-hour human rights extravaganza.

Human Rights Watch have slammed a press release issued by Egypt’s United Nations Development Programme office which heaps praise on the Egyptian president.

The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Egypt office issued a press release last week lavishing praise on President al-Sisi’s government’s supposed “good governance and accountability.” This is a very different Egypt from the one Human Rights Watch and other rights organizations have been monitoring.

After more than a year of consultations, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi launched Egypt’s National Strategy for Human Rights on Sept. 11.

A US judge has dismissed Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan’s lawsuit against former Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi that accused him of involvement in torture.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday denied the existence of any human rights violations in Egypt, following a recent report by the Human Right Watch condemning the government’s “continuing violations”.

Opinion: The Biden administration’s partial hold on aid to Egypt amounts to little more than a coded means for the US-Egyptian special relationship to continue, despite human rights violations, writes Sam Hamad.

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Egyptian security agencies of “persistent intimidation and harassment” of human rights defenders as a political tactic to silence them.

The Biden administration is expected to send a portion of the military aid to Egypt that lawmakers had conditioned on Cairo taking steps to improve its human rights record, in a compromise that has failed to appease activists and some Democrats who wanted Washington to take a tougher approach.

The United States will withhold $130m in security assistance to Egypt this year, releasing the funds only if the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ends the prosecution of rights and civil society organisations.