Based on documented information submitted by the EFHR, a group of UN experts issued an official communication to the Egyptian government on 24 December 2025 (Ref. AL EGY 8/2025), expressing grave concern over the arrest of at dozens of individuals…
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The Egyptian Front for Human Rights, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, and the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights condemn the unfair trials faced by defendants over the past year, particularly before the Badr Criminal Court circuits, known as…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) condemns the proposal recently advanced by the executive authority to assign the selection and appointment of public prosecutors to the Military Academy, instead of the Judicial Inspection Authority and the competent judicial offices…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights welcomes the upcoming official visit of Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, to Egypt from 8 to 17 February 2026. We recognize this…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) documented that between mid-September and 1 November, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the pretrial detention of at least 23 individuals in connection with Case Nos. 3723 and 6954 of 2025 (Supreme State…
Based on complaints and documented information submitted by the Egyptian Front for Human Rights, a number of United Nations experts sent an official communication to the Egyptian government on 13 November 2025, expressing their grave concern and strong condemnation of…
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the assault and attempted strangulation of activist Mohamed Adel in his cell on Saturday, 10 January, inside the 10th of Ramadan (4) Rehabilitation Center. The organizations stand in solidarity with the legitimate demands of…
The EFHR has documented that, since the beginning of this week, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP has been investigating approximately ten defendants, all from Qalyubia Governorate, in connection with Case No. 10709 of 2025. The prosecution charged the defendants…
Discussion around judicial supervision has resurfaced amid the current electoral cycle and what is supposed to mark the end of traditional judicial oversight over ballot boxes in 2024, with the Supreme Elections Authority assuming full responsibility for election administration in…
Over recent months, the European Commission has worked on redefining the concept of “safe countries of origin” at the EU level, as part of a broader package of migration- and asylum-related legislation aimed at reducing irregular migration and addressing the…
On 29 November 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution – SSSP referred Case No. 2469/2023 (State Security Registry), registered as No. 7445/2025 (State Security Felonies), and known in the media as the “Palestine Demonstrations Case,” to the Criminal Court. The…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the human rights situation in Egypt at the NGO Forum preceding the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on…
Based on documented information submitted by the Egyptian Front for Human Rights concerning 12 individuals (out of 15) who were subjected to case recycling, prolonged arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, terrorism-related designation, and the absence of fair trial guarantees, a group of…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) documented today, Wednesday, 12 November 2025, the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to detain lawyer and former candidate for the position of Bar Association President Osama Fathy El-Sheshtawy for fifteen days…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) expresses its deep concern over the growing violations against lawyers appearing before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP). The EFHR considers these developments part of a systematic pattern aimed at weakening the legal…
In the early hours of 7 October 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP ordered the detention of journalist Safaa Mohamed El-Korbagi for fifteen days pending investigation in Case No. 7256 of 2025 (Supreme State Security), after charging her with:…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) welcomes the decision of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to return the Criminal Procedure Code to the House of Representatives for amendments to some of its provisions. However, EFHR calls for the amendments and…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) published a report titled ‘Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions?’ The report serves as a form of impact assessment, evaluating whether the establishment of five newly operational prison, Badr 1, Badr 3,…
On August 19, 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP decided to extend the detention of Mokhtar Tayel (68 years old), a retired former inspector at the Ministry of Health and the uncle of Netherlands-based vlogger Anas Habib, along with…
The Supreme State Security Prosecution -SSSP released human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry on bail of fifty thousand Egyptian pounds in Case No. 6322 of 2025, after investigating her on charges of “spreading false news and statements inside and outside the…