Statements
The undersigned human rights organisations express their categorical rejection of the draft law “regulating foreigners’ asylum in Egypt”, which was recently approved by the Defence and National Security Committee of the Egyptian Parliament. This bill is expected to be discussed…
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ arrest of economist Abdel Khalek Farouk (67 years old) from his home on Sunday evening, October 20, 2024. We call for his immediate release and the dropping of all charges against…
Fifteen British, Egyptian, and international organizations have called on UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to put a hold on any new economic or financial partnerships with Egypt unless and until British national and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is freed. The…
The undersigned organizations condemn the decision issued by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) on 8 September refusing to grant a license to the Fakartany website. This decision is part of a policy aimed at depriving independent websites of…
The “FreeHoda” campaign and the undersigned organisations condemn the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmonem, who has been detained for six years. We denounce the re-fabrication of charges against her in a new case after…
The undersigned organizations reject the current version of the Criminal Procedure Law project and demand its withdrawal and a return for review and discussion with stakeholders—including lawyers, journalists, and human rights organizations—before its approval. The amendments included in the current…
Several UN human rights experts issued a letter addressed to the Egyptian government on July 30, 2024. The letter was signed by the Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Working…
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the continued disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, for more than 2000 days to date. The organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately disclose Mustafa’s fate and inform his family…
The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday 29 September at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a coalition of 59 Egyptian and international civil society organisations stated…
Ten Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a joint report on the human rights situation in Egypt, in preparation for the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record before the United Nations, scheduled for January…
The recent initiatives undertaken by the Egyptian authorities to amend the maximum duration of pretrial detention are futile if not coupled with measures to end the repressive practices of the security apparatus and ensure judicial independence the undersigned human rights…
The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his life and health, now in danger due to the hunger strike he started in protest…
13 August The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces’ raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts, where they searched it and seized some of its contents, including computers, dozens of books and cultural publications,…
7 August 2024 The undersigned organizations condemn the repeated security crackdown on and prosecution and enforced disappearance of journalists only for practicing their journalistic duties. The latest incident in this regard was the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s decision to remand…
We, the undersigned organizations, are profoundly concerned by the recent and rapid deterioration of conditions inside Egypt’s Badr Rehabilitation and Correctional Center, according to testimonies from detainees’ families. We are alarmed by recent reports of suicide attempts and a mass…
The undersigned organizations hold the Ministry of Interior responsible for the safety of political activist and poet Ahmed Douma against the backdrop of remarks by some pro-government preachers who accused him of infidelity, insanity, and apostasy over the introduction to…
The Committee for Justice (CFJ), MENA Rights Group, and the Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) submitted an evaluation report to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) challenging the Egyptian National…
To Members of the United Nations Security Council, We are a group of 118 feminist, women’s human rights, and human rights groups and organizations, and we write to express our grave concern about the mass atrocities and conflict-induced famine in…
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, urge the European Commission and member states to uphold international and EU law to ensure that macro-financial assistance to Egypt granted under EU regulations secures concrete, measurable, structural and timebound…
EFHR expresses its deep concern regarding the information received from Badr 1 Prison/Rehabilitation Center about the escalating violations against detainees, including power cuts and their impact on the ventilation system and detainees’ health. This led the detainees to announce a…