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Within the framework of the monthly monitoring conducted by the Egyptian Front for Human Rights regarding the death sentence situation in Egypt, in criminal cases, and others that included incidents of political violence during the year 2022, the front monitored…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights condemns the deterioration of detention conditions in the Badr 3 Center for Correction and Rehabilitation, specifically of those who were transferred from the high-security prison 1 “Al-Aqrab” during the last months. After years of…
Background This paper reviews the human rights situation in Egyptian detention facilities one year after the Egyptian government launched the National Human Rights Strategy on September 11, 2021. The strategy’s announcement was accompanied by an extensive public relations campaign targeting…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) expresses its deep concern about the deportation and refoulment of dissents to Egypt under the pretext of “the fight against terrorism”, which is used to target human rights defenders and any political opposition,…
April 7, 2022 Egyptian security personnel and prison staff are employing systematic sexual violence against detainees and their loved ones in a widespread violation of human rights, the Freedom Initiative and the Egyptian Front for Human Rights said in a harrowing new…
The following report examines instances of sexual violence in Egyptian prisons from the period of 2015 to 2022. The report finds that Egypt employs abuse in detention as a method to coerce, punish, and bring a population under the control…
The undersigned human rights organizations called upon the President of the Republic to halt the execution of the mass death sentences issued against 16 people in July 2021, in Case No. 303 of 2018, known in the media as “the…
The signatory human rights organizations condemn the execution of seven people in Egypt on 8 and 10 March 2022, following trials in which the defendants were forcibly disappeared, tortured, and denied their fundamental rights, including their right to a lawyer.…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights condemns the Egyptian authorities’ execution against seven people during the previous two days (March 8 – March 10 2022) in two cases that contained political violence incidents. Those executed defendants were subjected to several…
Egyptian Front for Human Rights documented gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls, that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, in North Sinai by State and the armed group: Wilayat Sinai. The report is based on interviews…
Egyptian Front for Human Rights published a report on monitoring the export rates of light weapons from the Czech Republic to Egypt (2017-2020), based on analyzing the annual reports issued by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade from 2017…
Within the framework of the Egyptian Front for Human Rights’ follow up on the performance of the Terrorism Circuits during the hearings for reviewing the renewal of detention orders for defendants before the counselling chamber, the Egyptian Front continues monitoring…
To read the full report During this year, the Egyptian judicial and executive authorities still progressively applied the death penalty; either through issuing, upholding or implementing dozens of verdicts ending lives, whether as a punishment for criminal offenses or terrorism…
Egyptian Front for Human Rights has observed the performance of the terrorism circuits in reviewing the renewal of pretrial detention orders during 2020, as well as the number of cases, defendants, the release decisions and decisions to maintain imprisonment. The…
Egyptian Front for Human Rights has published today a report named: ” 336 days of violations ” on violations against dissidents imprisoned in five state security cases during 2020. In light of the large number of cases pending before the State…
Prisoners in “Ward 1”, the political ward of the Qanater Prison for women, decided to go on hunger strike on Sunday, Nov 22 protesting against gruesome attacks they were subjected to by the prison administration. Four days ago, the prison…