President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Tuesday 12/5/2015 with head of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Mohamed Fayek who handed the president a report on the human rights conditions during the period from June 2013 to December 2014.
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Report: 48 cases of violations against journalists in April
The Journalists Against Torture Observatory (JATO) has issued its monthly report on violations that journalists face while performing their duties.
Armed Forces mandate abroad extended
The National Defense Council held a meeting on Sunday 3/5/2015 under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
20 منظمة حقوقية ترفض “تصفية” مصر المجتمع المدني
أعربت 20 منظمة حقوقية مصرية عن رفضها واستيائها البالغين إزاء الإجراءات التصعيدية التي تتخذها الحكومة وجهات التحقيق ضد منظمات المجتمع المدني، وخصوصاً المنظمات الحقوقية المصرية؛ ومعلنة أن الهدف من تلك الإجراءات هو القضاء على العمل الحقوقي في مصر بشكل بطيء، وبخطوات يتخذ بعضها نهجاً قضائيّاً بأشكال قضائية تستند إلى قوانين …
Hundreds of torture cases in April: El-Nadeem Centre
The El-Nadeem Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence documented hundreds of torture cases inside prisons in April, in a report issued on Friday.
Report: Violence rate in Egypt increases by 6% this week
The rate of violence in Egypt increased by 6 percent between April 17-23 with 99 incidents, compared to 93 last week, according to a report by the Parliamentary Elections’ Observatory which is affiliated to the International-Local Joint Mission observing parliamentary elections.
Police in Egypt: Torture, repression and bribes within departments and prisons
“The police are at the service of the people” is the slogan of the Interior Ministry. But it seems quite a few officers prefer the slogan: “the police rob the people,” given the theft, fraud and forgery that has been practiced against the citizens, who should be protected from thieves …
In Egypt, an act of political violence every 1.5 hours: report
Egypt experienced 1,641 acts of “political violence and militancy” in the first quarter of 2015, equal to an average of one incident every 1.5 hours, a new report has found.
Egypt Security Watch Monthly Briefing 6: March 2015
In the interest of providing the most accurate and timely information on which to assess security developments in Egypt, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) presents the sixth edition of its monthly Egypt Security Watch Briefings. These briefings will serve to update TIMEP’s first full comprehensive report: Egypt’s Security: Threat and …
Breaking down the death penalty
From the Minya Criminal Court handing down mass death penalties to a group of 683 people, and then a second time to a group of 529, to Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie’s quadruple death sentencing, the numbers in the period from 2014-15 are staggering.