Tag: NCHR

‘Anti-torture t-shirt detainee’ Mahmoud Hussein in ‘urgent need’ of surgery: Brother

Following his release, Hussein’s brother Tito visited Hussein in jail; called for…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

NCHR demands to visit prisons, police stations across Egypt

This will be first time the council visits police station since its…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Ministerial committee responds to concerns about health insurance bill

Committee discussed updated version of bill with Doctors’ Syndicate members

Menan Khater Menan Khater

Ashraf Shehata defence lawyer calls on NCHR to officially investigate his disappearance

After two years of disappearance, similarity in names causes controversy on defendant’s…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

NCHR denies ‘enforced disappearances’ amid disclosure of whereabouts of 99 detained

The Ministry of Interior’s disclosure is a “confession to the crime”, says…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

NCHR’s report on Al-Aqrab aligns with government’s claims

Hours before the release of the report, media sources report its disappearance…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

267 cases of extrajudicial killing in 2015: AOHR report

UK-based watchdog criticises practices by security forces and judiciary

Salma Abdallah Salma Abdallah

Abdul Hamid appointed head of Forensic Medicine Authority

Hisham Abdul Hamid was previously dismissed over press comments

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Status of Al-Aqrab prison remains in dispute

Minister of Interior and NCHR statements are contradictory; NCHR delegation member banned…

Sarah El-Sheikh Sarah El-Sheikh

Some ‘forced disappearance’ cases are people who fled home: Interior Ministry

Interior Ministry reviewed 70 out of 101 forced-disappearance complaints

Salma Abdallah Salma Abdallah