Latest in Tag: Rights Highlight
Latest in Tag: Rights

Despite COVID-19, governments uphold support for women’s health and rights
A year ago, at the landmark Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, the world came together to commit to ending preventable maternal death, the unmet need for contraception, and gender-based violence and harmful practices like child marriage and female genital mutilation, by 2030. At that Summit, more than 8,000 delegates from 170 countries made 1,250 financial and other commitments in support of sexual and reproductive health and rights.

UN adopts Egypt-drafted resolution to protect women’s rights from COVID-19 impacts
The voting took place during a meeting of the UN General Assembly Third Committee relating to a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues.

UAE-Israel peace deal should preserve Palestinian rights, ensure Israel’s security: Al-Sisi
This week sees first step towards normalising relations between Israel and UAE

Women’s rights activists say silence of sexual assault victims remains main challenge
Why sexually assaulted women take so long to speak out?

Op-ed review: Controversial local affairs related to rights, freedoms
Egyptian writers commented on variety of local affairs in Sunday’s newspapers

Egypt assures Christians’ rights inside country at US Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
New US initiative with 80 countries to promote religious freedom, produce real change

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

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

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

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