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…
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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…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) calls on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of Egyptian engineer Omar Khaled Abdel Moneim Nazem, who works at IT company in Saudi Arabia, after he has been missing for ten days…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) strongly condemns the referral of dozens of lawyers and other human rights defenders in Egypt to criminal courts on the grounds of activities related to their professional or human rights work. While many…
Last week witnessed a new death inside a police station in Egypt’s Dakahlia governorate, where the family of Ayman Sabry accused the police of being directly responsible for his death as a result of torture while in custody at Belqas…
In parallel with the announcement by the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference held on June 28 regarding Egypt’s commitment to developing agricultural value chains towards efficiency, inclusiveness, and sustainability, aimed at…
According to lawyers who spoke to EFHR, the Prison Authority informed the Terrorism Criminal Court convened at the Badr Complex on July 19 that it was unable to transfer dozens of defendants from various prisons, including the Badr prisons, 10th…
ًEFHR calls on the judicial authorities, the Public Prosecutor, and the National Council for Human Rights to urgently assume their responsibility to investigate the conditions of detention in Badr 3 Prison, to fulfill their roles in ensuring detainees’ rights, and…
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists. We specifically urge the government to respond to the UN report detailing the harassment and surveillance of Egyptian investigative journalist Basma…
We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply alarmed by the news that Egyptian academic and U.S. lawful permanent resident Dr. Salah Soltan is enduring a potentially life-threatening medical crisis and is at increased risk of sudden death while detained in Egypt’s…
Rights Organizations Demand the Dismissal of the Minister of Transport and an Independent, Urgent Investigation In less than two months, more than 29 Egyptian citizens—many of them between the ages of 13 and 20—lost their lives in horrific accidents on…
The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations and trade unions* urge the EU to ensure that the ongoing review of Israel’s compliance with article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement be thorough, comprehensive, and credible. Article 2 establishes that respect…
EFHR condemns the arrest of six Egyptian citizens on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, based on their attempt to organize an Egyptian convoy to lift the siege on Gaza. The EFHR considers their interrogation by…