We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, are writing to provide input ahead of the negotiations on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the EU’s €4 billion Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) package to Egypt. Article 3 of the…
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The undersigned organizations hold President Abdelfattah al-Sisi personally responsible for the life of Laila Soueif, whose health is dramatically deteriorating as she approaches 270 days of hunger strike in protest of the indefinite detention of her son, Alaa…
EFHR documented the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP on 21 June 2025 to remand Dr. Suzanne Mohamed Suleiman Mahmoud (67 years old – a surgeon) in custody for 15 days pending investigation in Case No. 4880 of…
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for non-lethal drug-related offences, including scores of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Somali nationals. These men are living in a state…
As of June 12, Egyptian authorities persist in their detention and deportation of dozens of activists from around the world taking part in the Global March to Gaza, a grassroots campaign to protest the Israeli genocide and starvation of Palestinians.…
The EFHR monitored the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP to remand approximately eight young men, including a trainee lawyer, Saif Mamdouh Ahmed, in pretrial detention pending Case No. 3862 of 2025 (Supreme State Security). They face charges…
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our grave concern regarding the prolonged arbitrary detention of 61-year-old Ibrahim Metwally since 10 September 2017, and his recent indictment in three cases at once on terrorism charges, solely for his human rights…
EFHR has documented the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to release journalist Rasha Qandil on bail pending Case No. 4196 of 2025 (Supreme State Security- SSSP). She was released in exchange for a financial bail of 50,000 Egyptian…
As opposition politician Ahmed al-Tantawi’s detention is set to expire on 27 May, the undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned that the authorities would extend the former presidential candidate’s arbitrary imprisonment, especially following Tantawi’s recent summoning for interrogation in…
Early May marked the beginning of the trials of defendants referred to the terrorism circuit courts over the past eight months, a development which has thus far underscored the absence of the rule of law in Egypt while reinforcing the…
EFHR monitored the investigation of around ten citizens, including two women, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on May 4 and 5, 2025, in connection with Case No. 3284 of 2025 (Supreme State Security). The charges brought against them include…
On Tuesday 29 April, the Egyptian Parliament adopted a new code of criminal procedures, a law that is meant to constitute the backbone of justice, equality before the law, and guarantees for defendant and detainee rights. In recent months, the…
The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where conditions are rapidly deteriorating and prisoners are deprived of their most basic rights. Occurring amid a…
The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a Union-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and to include Egypt among them incompatible with the EU’s human rights obligations. This measure risks severely undermining the…
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned as the trial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh approaches, with its first session on Sunday, 27 April. Ahmed is the son of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, head of the Strong Egypt Party,…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights monitored the death of Hamdi Yousry Hashem (62 years old) on April 20, 2025, at the medical center of the 10th of Ramadan Prison, as a result of medical negligence by the 10th of…
The undersigned organizations express their solidarity to the people of Marsa Matrouh governorate in Egypt for the extrajudicial killings during the police pursuit of a wanted person, according to testimonies from residents and eyewitnesses. Among the victims were Youssef Sarhani…
A security force affiliated with the Ministry of Interior arrested Ahmed Abou El-Fotouh, son of Dr. Abdel Moneim Abou El-Fotouh, on Wednesday, April 16, while he was at the Qattameya Traffic Department to renew his driver’s license. The arrest was…
Urgent Appeal for the Immediate Release of Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi To: Right Honourable David Lammy, UK Foreign Secretary Her Excellency Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union Dear…
EFHR published a report titled “Their Money Is Our Booty: The Threat to Companies and Local Investment Under the Guise of the War on Terror in Egypt” The report examines the systematic targeting of private companies, assets, and wealth in…