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The undersigned organizations condemn the violations reportedly inflicted on detainees held at Badr 1 Prison, including physical assaults, degrading searches, and the denial of the basic rights of detainees and their families. The organizations express grave concern over reports that…
The undersigned organizations condemn the continued inclusion of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on the terrorists list, after the First Circuit of the Criminal Court – headed by Judge Mohamed El-Sherbiny – decided, at the request of the Public Prosecution,…
Democracy has remained largely absent in Egypt since the 2024 adoption of the EU-Egypt Partnership, even though the confirmed €5 billion in EU macro-financial assistance is officially predicated on Egypt taking “concrete and credible steps towards respecting effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law and guarantees respect for human rights.”
Marei’s case does not exist in isolation. It reflects a broader pattern of a harsh and ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in Egypt, taking place within an increasingly closed civic space, alongside mounting restrictions on artistic freedom. This includes the systematic targeting of artists, and cultural figures through vague and recurring charges. For over a decade, the authorities have relied on such accusations to pursue critics, journalists, artists, and creatives, resulting in years of imprisonment, either through prolonged pretrial detention or through trials that fall short of international fair trial standards.
CFJ and EFHR reaffirmed their support for the adoption of an African Declaration on the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights defenders, while stressing that the final text must preserve its strongest guarantees, remove language that may enable restrictions or reprisals, and respond effectively to the lived realities of defenders across the continent.
In addition to Yasser Abu Al‑Ela, those prosecuted in the same case include cartoonist Ashraf Omar. Other journalists currently detained include Safa Al‑Korbeigi, Karim Ibrahim, Mostafa Al‑Khatib, Ahmed Sabeeh, Badr Mohamed Badr, Mahmoud Saad Diab, Hamdy Mokhtar, Tawfik Ghanem, Mohamed Saeed Fahmy, Mohamed Abu Al‑Moaty, Mostafa Saad, Abdullah Samir Mubarak, Medhat Ramadan, Ahmed Abu Zeid Al‑Tantawi, Ramadan Goweda, Khaled Mamdouh, and Hussein Karim.
Ahmed Douma has already spent over a decade in prison on politicized charges. In custody, he has been held in prolonged solitary confinement, denied adequate medical care, and subjected to treatment that Amnesty International described as torture. His detention was found to be arbitrary by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Douma is unable to lead a normal life under these circumstances. In addition to being banned from travel, he struggles to secure permanent employment due to administrative obstruction preventing him from obtaining official documents.
Ahmed Hassan, who was 18 years old at the time of his disappearance, vanished on April 1, 2019, while on his way to attend a graphic design training course in Cairo, near his residence in the Al-Moqattam district.
The Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in Southwest Asia and North Africa (WHRDMENA) and the undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release woman human rights defender and lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim to save her life, and to cease arbitrary measures against her.
Hoda Abdelwahab remains the only human rights defender still subject to the travel ban imposed in 2016 in connection with Case 173/2011, after the authorities lifted the travel ban on her colleague Nasser Amin in December 2024. The travel ban on Hoda Abdelwahab has now been in effect for more than 10 years.
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…
The cases also included human rights lawyer and political activist Mahienour El-Massry, who was interrogated by the SSSP in August 2025 in Case No. 6322 of 2025 on the same charges and was ultimately released on a bail of EGP 50,000 pending the case
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 signatory organizations underscore that maintaining “A status” accreditation for an NHRI whose independence remains compromised and whose effectiveness is not evidenced by its record risks undermining the Paris Principles and eroding confidence in the GANHRI accreditation framework.
We, the undersigned Sudanese, African, and Arab organizations, stand united in our commitment to the people of Sudan after more than one thousand days of war. The conflict has accelerated state disintegration and systematic atrocities, while the international community remains…
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…
Recently, Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented escalation in policies and practices related to asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants, as evidenced by the targeting of forcibly displaced Syrian citizens through sudden administrative and legal changes as well as simultaneous large-scale security crackdown campaigns in several governorates. This escalation cannot be considered as merely an ‘enforcement of residency rules
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…