Latest in Tag: Rights Highlight
Latest in Tag: Rights
Nasr, EU sign €10m grant agreement to promote women’s rights in Egypt
The European Union and its countries contributes support of €11bn to Egypt, says Danielsson
Women empowerment occurs when gender issues are placed within context of development: UN Women
This is the state we need to get to if we are to be serious about gender equality, says Miwa Kato
Ill treatment of Malek Adly ordered by top state authorities: lawyers
Campaign supporting prisoners of conscience exposes Adly’s case as symbol of crackdown
Malek Adly returns to Tora as detention renewed yet again
Despite a widespread campaign on social media Sunday night hoping Adly would walk free, the court has renewed his detention
Adly, Badr, and Al-Saqa finally allowed time out of prison cells
Journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud Al-Saqa received detention renewals on Tuesday
Koum Hamada worker faces terrorism charge following strike
Workers say charge is “fabricated”, vow to escalate demands after Eid holiday
Egyptian rights’ groups address UN high commissioner with recommendations
Report concerns various freedoms, demands legislative improvements according to international standards
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Hossam Bahgat banned from travelling
Journalist was detained previously in November on charges of ‘publishing false news’
Human rights advocates express solidarity with El Nadeem Centre
The closure decision was taken for ”political reasons”, the heads of the centre said
Women’s rights organisations decry discrimination by State Council
Eleven organisations, including the New Woman Foundation, Nazra for Feminist Studies, and El Nadeem Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, issued a joint statement condemning the continued exclusion of women from judicial positions at the council
3,462 students will take exams in prisons: Interior Ministry
Approximately 1,000 students are imprisoned over political cases: AFTE student officer
Opposition figure Ayman Nour denied entry to Egypt
State Litigation Authority, on behalf of foreign ministry, appealed court decision obliging foreign ministry to renew Nour’s passport
Fighting for their rights is many women’s theme in Egypt: Naoom
Naoom perfectly sews plots of drama shows to mirror Egyptian society throughout the years
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600 students expelled, 1,000 arrested over past academic year: Democracy Index
Most of the students expelled last year did not return to the classroom, says lawyer
600 students expelled, 1,000 arrested over past academic year: Democracy Index
Most of the students expelled last year did not return to the classroom, says lawyer
61% of girls between 15-17 underwent FGM: Survey
The higher you go with age, the more cases you find of girls who have undergone FGM, says Coalition Against FGM director Randa Fakhr El-Din
On foreign journalists and criticism – a response to Ahmed Derini in Al-Masry Al-Youm
Derini thinks that critical and foreign journalists want to see Egypt fail before it has had chance to succeed; that they are trying to criticise it into collapse. He does not consider that there could be other motivations behind the work we do
Local rights group put detainee’s condition under spotlight
Halim has developed epileptic fits due to electrocution, says ECRF
2 UWK trials postponed to September
Trials of football fans have been delayed to allow for further witness testimony
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Egypt objects to ‘fallacies, exaggerations’ in US human rights report
We need to take a stand against mass trials, says NCHR member
CIHRS renews call for dialogue with authorities
Human rights group was investigated by legal committee on judicial order
Woman beaten until miscarriage in police station
Victim drops charges upon receiving threats, lawyers’ visit to a Cairo prison recommends new prisons built
Al-Azhar denounces China’s banning of Ramadan fasting
China is depriving its Muslim population of their religious freedoms, says leading Sunni authority
Detention renewed for student detained over 500 days for anti-torture t-shirt
Teenager Mahmoud Hussein was allegedly beaten and electrocuted into saying he possessed explosives, belongs to Muslim Brotherhood
Daily News Egypt in solidarity with journalists’ protest on 10 June
“We will work together to achieve our demands,” say journalists
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Calls for sit-in on Egypt’s Press Day
Journalists demand syndicate protection, fair wages, end of imprisonment
Fabricated charges, arbitrary suspensions in ‘month of labour’: ECESR
Suspended journalists are set to form an “Association for Suspended Journalists” through which they could voice their demands
Government seeks rights groups’ eradication: NGOs
20 NGOs accuse government of intimidating rights groups
Labour unions and parties denounce government ‘bias’ against workers
Joint statement criticises banning strikes and legislations favouring businessmen
Cabinet to discuss anti-illegal immigration draft law on Wednesday
EUHR proposed sentences ranging from 15-years to death to counter illegal immigration