Tag: human rights

Ill treatment of Malek Adly ordered by top state authorities: lawyers

Campaign supporting prisoners of conscience exposes Adly’s case as symbol of crackdown

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Front to Defend Freedoms launches campaign for Red Sea island detainees

The one-week campaign aims to demand rights for young activists who were…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

NCHR expresses concerns on increasing sectarian violence

Council further demands end to groundless travel bans, application of prison regulations

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

CPJ names detained photojournalist Shawkan for 2016 press award

Shawkan has been in jail since 2013, and his fate remains unknown…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

EIPR warns of lack of state deterrent measures in sectarian strife cases

Condemning recent attack on Copts in Minya, EIPR claims 77 incidents of…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Activist’s detention continues in connection with Red Sea islands protests

A Syrian refugee detained in events of 25 April will be deported…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Malek Adly returns to Tora as detention renewed yet again

Despite a widespread campaign on social media Sunday night hoping Adly would…

Nadine Awadalla Nadine Awadalla

Rebel-held areas of Aleppo ‘completely besieged’

A UK-based observer group says Syrian regime fighters have seized the only…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle

Court to decide on asset freeze of rights workers in foreign funding case on 15 August

Continuing denunciations of state’s crackdown on civil society, human rights advocates

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Yemen peace talks resume in Kuwait City

Yemen's internationally-backed government and Shiite Houthi rebels have resumed peace talks in…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle