Human Rights Organizations
Number of blocked websites in Egypt reaches 133: AFTE
Egypt
August 7, 2017
Number of blocked websites in Egypt reaches 133: AFTE
Six more websites were blocked Sunday evening in Egypt, raising the total number of barred sites to 133. The additional sites included…
UN experts decry Egypt’s crackdown on NGOs and human rights
Egypt
April 12, 2016
UN experts decry Egypt’s crackdown on NGOs and human rights
Egypt is closing down domestic non-governmental organisations and putting travel bans on their staff in order to obstruct scrutiny of…
10 NGOs denounce raiding rights organization
Egypt
December 19, 2013
10 NGOs denounce raiding rights organization
Ten human rights organizations denounced the raid of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights headquarters in the early hours of…
Human rights organizations condemn Suez trial verdicts
Egypt
September 9, 2013
Human rights organizations condemn Suez trial verdicts
Four human rights organizations have condemned last week's military trial of 63 civilians in Suez, which saw some defendants handed…
Rights organizations: Ruling against Saber is sign of religious dictatorship
Egypt
December 13, 2012
Rights organizations: Ruling against Saber is sign of religious dictatorship
Prominent human rights organizations described the ruling passed on Wednesday against activist and blogger Alber Saber as a message to…
Pakistan tells UN it protects rights, West disagrees
World
October 31, 2012
Pakistan tells UN it protects rights, West disagrees
Pakistan, plagued by Islamists militancy, sectarian violence and frequent disasters that push its people deeper into poverty, told the United…
Mubarak’s lawyer urges human rights groups to save deposed leader
Egypt
June 10, 2012
Mubarak’s lawyer urges human rights groups to save deposed leader
Hosni Mubarak is suffering from cardiac hypertrophy, a condition that makes it difficult for him to breathe, his lawyer told…
Army dropping military trials for civilians, but not exceptional courts
Egypt
January 10, 2012
Army dropping military trials for civilians, but not exceptional courts
After about a year during which more than 12,000 Egyptians were tried in military courts and activists waged a relentless…
Rights organizations reject meeting with deputy PM
Egypt
November 1, 2011
Rights organizations reject meeting with deputy PM
Egyptian rights organizations have refused to participate in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ali al-Selmy to protest what they…
Recently amended anti-NDP law could target revolutionaries
Egypt
October 5, 2011
Recently amended anti-NDP law could target revolutionaries
The military backed interim government has approved recent amendments to the controversial Treachery Law, which aims to prevent remnants of…