The continuation of death sentences despite rising demands for their abolition: A monitoring report on the death penalty situation in Egypt during 202424 March, 2025
Decrease in the Implementation of the Death Penalty or Increase in Restrictions on Access to Information?: Monitoring Report on the Status of the Death Penalty in Egypt during the Year 202326 February, 2024
Escalating Death Sentences: Brief on the state of the death sentence in Egypt during 202212 February, 2023
The performance of Terrorism Circuits in the pre-trial phase during the first half of 20219 August, 2021
The performance of Terrorism Circuits Courts (TCC) in the pre-trial phase during 202021 January, 2021
336 days of violations: A report on violations against dissidents imprisoned in five state security cases during 202011 January, 2021
“Dual Punishment: Police probation punishment in Egypt, enforcing it on political opposition and associated violations”15 November, 2019
Towards unconditioned freedom: Political use of probation and precautionary measures has to stop20 September, 2018
The release of Mohammed Adel from prison didn’t stop the suffering of his family, but doubled by going daily to the police station.27 February, 2018
Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions? An Assessment of Detention Conditions in Egypt’s New Prisons16 September, 2025
Detention conditions unchanged in Badr 3 Center for Rehabilitation: EFHR Demands a visit from the National Human Rights Council3 October, 2022
A year since launching the national strategy for human rights: The status of detention conditions has not improved, nor exceeded propaganda to polish the regime26 September, 2022
The Standing Supreme Committee for Human Rights Over Eight Years: Much Public Relations and the Absence of Institutional Reform16 October, 2026
Escalating Protests Inside Prisons: Human Rights Organizations Call for the Protection of Detainees, Investigations into Abuses, and an End to the Pretrial Detention Crisis9 October, 2026
Release the Journalists of the “Matsadaash” Platform: EFHR Calls for the Release of Six Journalists Following a SSSP Decision to Detain Them for 15 Days on Charges of Joining a Terrorist Group, Financing It, and Broadcasting False News5 October, 2026
The Standing Supreme Committee for Human Rights Over Eight Years: Much Public Relations and the Absence of Institutional Reform16 October, 2026
Fishing Under Military Order: Lake Bardawil under the Management of the Future of Egypt Authority28 July, 2026
Trials Without Safeguards: Systematic Patterns of Fair Trial Violations before Terrorism Criminal Circuits (September 2024 – January 2026)22 February, 2026
Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions? An Assessment of Detention Conditions in Egypt’s New Prisons16 September, 2025
Default Situation Is Violation: An analytical report of the violations which the defendants faced in case No. 64 of 2017 military crimes north of Cairo, Known by the assassination of the Assistant Attorney General15 November, 2019
State terrorism and armed groups terrorism, how does the society survive both? events and violations under Case No. ‘165 of 2017-Military felonies, Alexandria, known in the media as “churches bombing case”20 August, 2019
“No One Is Being Released Anymore”: Monitoring Report on the Performance of Terrorism Circuits Courts in the Pre-Trial Phase During 202316 February, 2024
Escalating Death Sentences: Brief on the state of the death sentence in Egypt during 202212 February, 2023
Egypt: Gender-based violence against women and girls in North Sinai by the State and armed groups25 November, 2021
The performance of Terrorism Circuits in the pre-trial phase during the first half of 20219 August, 2021
336 days of violations: A report on violations against dissidents imprisoned in five state security cases during 202011 January, 2021
A Follow-up report on the state security case 1358/2019 known as the Independence Party Case29 March, 2020
A follow-up report on violations of the defendants’ rights in the state security case 1365/201929 March, 2020
The Standing Supreme Committee for Human Rights Over Eight Years: Much Public Relations and the Absence of Institutional Reform16 October, 2026
Escalating Protests Inside Prisons: Human Rights Organizations Call for the Protection of Detainees, Investigations into Abuses, and an End to the Pretrial Detention Crisis9 October, 2026
Release the Journalists of the “Matsadaash” Platform: EFHR Calls for the Release of Six Journalists Following a SSSP Decision to Detain Them for 15 Days on Charges of Joining a Terrorist Group, Financing It, and Broadcasting False News5 October, 2026
Based on a Complaint Submitted by the EFHR: UN Experts Express Grave Concern over the Detention of Ismail Aleskandrani and Al-Sayed Sobhy Ahmed Eid and Seek Clarifications from the Government on the Charges and Conditions of Their Detention29 September, 2026
Following the Verdicts in the “Major Drug Case”: EFHR Calls for a Debate on the Expansion of the Use of the Death Penalty18 September, 2026
EFHR Condemns the Detention of 19 Individuals by the State Security Prosecution on the Basis of Their “Shia” Faith Following Nearly Three Weeks of Enforced Disappearance15 July, 2026
Escalating Protests Inside Prisons: Human Rights Organizations Call for the Protection of Detainees, Investigations into Abuses, and an End to the Pretrial Detention Crisis9 October, 2026
Security Escalation Against Detainees at Tenth of Ramadan Prison following Postponement of the law of Criminal Procedures1 October, 2026
Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash30 September, 2026
Safe for Whom? A Critical Review of a European Commission Proposal Classifying Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin” While Overlooking Core Indicators of Human Rights Backsliding16 December, 2025
A year since launching the national strategy for human rights: The status of detention conditions has not improved, nor exceeded propaganda to polish the regime26 September, 2022
EFHR urges German Bundestag members to Support for the Immediate Release of the Egyptian Environmental Activist and Expert, Dr. Ahmed Al-Kholy15 July, 2022
JOINT NGO INPUT AHEAD OF NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR MACRO-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT27 June, 2025
Escalating Protests Inside Prisons: Human Rights Organizations Call for the Protection of Detainees, Investigations into Abuses, and an End to the Pretrial Detention Crisis9 October, 2026
Security Escalation Against Detainees at Tenth of Ramadan Prison following Postponement of the law of Criminal Procedures1 October, 2026
Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash30 September, 2026
Al-Dostour Party and the Committee on Political Parties: A Legal Debate Reveals Loopholes in the Regulation of Political Work in Egypt30 November, 2024
Decline in Prison Oversight: Assessment of the Performance of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in Monitoring Detention Places from 2020 – 202315 October, 2024
The Standing Supreme Committee for Human Rights Over Eight Years: Much Public Relations and the Absence of Institutional Reform16 October, 2026 Studies
Fishing Under Military Order: Lake Bardawil under the Management of the Future of Egypt Authority28 July, 2026 Studies
Trials Without Safeguards: Systematic Patterns of Fair Trial Violations before Terrorism Criminal Circuits (September 2024 – January 2026)22 February, 2026 Studies
Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions? An Assessment of Detention Conditions in Egypt’s New Prisons16 September, 2025 Detention Conditions Studies
Transnational Repression: Targeting Egyptian Human Rights Defenders Abroad30 September, 2024 Studies Joint Report on the Targeting of Egyptian Human Rights Defenders in the Diaspora: Years of…
The path to the Presidential Palace: Monitoring and evaluation report of the Egyptian presidential elections 20234 March, 2024 Civil society and HRDs Studies This report is the final publication in the series of monitoring the Egyptian presidential elections…
The Road to the Presidential Palace (Part 1): Overview of the Egyptian Presidential Elections (The Presidential Endorsement Phase)7 December, 2023 Brief Studies Introduction This series aims to monitor the Egyptian presidential elections in its 2024-2023 cycle by…
Escalating Protests Inside Prisons: Human Rights Organizations Call for the Protection of Detainees, Investigations into Abuses, and an End to the Pretrial Detention Crisis The undersigned human rights organizations express their grave concern over reports and information they have…
Torture of Journalists Indicative of State Policy rather than Isolated Incident Human rights organizations call for immediate investigation into security agencies’ abuses of Matsadaksh journalists The…
Security Escalation Against Detainees at Tenth of Ramadan Prison following Postponement of the law of Criminal Procedures The undersigned organizations are following with grave concern the developments taking place inside Tenth of…
Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash We, the undersigned civil society organizations and independent media outlets, join together to condemn the…
Based on a Complaint Submitted by the EFHR: UN Experts Express Grave Concern over the Detention of Ismail Aleskandrani and Al-Sayed Sobhy Ahmed Eid and Seek Clarifications from the Government on the Charges and Conditions of Their Detention Based on information received by a number of UN experts and submitted by the Egyptian…
Ahead of His Trial Hearing, Rights Groups Call for the Immediate Release of Photojournalist Hamdi El-Zaeem After Ten Years of Deprivation of Liberty The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release photojournalist Hamdi Mokhtar Ali,…
Following the Verdicts in the “Major Drug Case”: EFHR Calls for a Debate on the Expansion of the Use of the Death Penalty The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) calls for an end to the expansion of…
13 UN Experts Renew Concerns Over the Use of Counter-Terrorism Laws in Egypt Thirteen mandate holders under the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council sent…
Egypt: Rights Groups Welcome UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Water and Sanitation and Call for Implementation of Recommendations The undersigned organizations welcome the report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human…
“No One Is Being Released Anymore”: Monitoring Report on the Performance of Terrorism Circuits Courts in the Pre-Trial Phase During 2023
A brief on the latest updates regarding the “terrorism circuits” in the pre-stage trial during the first half of 2020 in light of the Coronavirus
Egypt: Execution of seven people following unfair trials further exposes hollowness of state’s claims to new human rights strategy
Within 48 hours: the Egyptian authorities executed seven people in Two Cases after trials did not respect fair trial guarantees
Between Death And Besiege – An overview of the situation for local residents in Sinai since the beginning of the Comprehensive Operation in February 2018
Release the Journalists of the “Matsadaash” Platform: EFHR Calls for the Release of Six Journalists Following a SSSP Decision to Detain Them for 15 Days on Charges of Joining a Terrorist Group, Financing It, and Broadcasting False News The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the journalists of “Matsadaash,” a…
Amid Hopes of Release: Tensions Rise in Some Prisons as the New Code of Criminal Procedure Takes Effect The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) has monitored, since the beginning of the current week, a state of heightened…
Targeted over their relatives’ activities abroad: State Security Prosecution detains siblings of dissidents on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered, on August 18 and 19, 2026, the pretrial detention for 15 days of Eman…
Union Activist Mohamed Zahran Detained Over Call for Teachers’ Meeting to Discuss Implementation of Union Election Rulings EFHR monitored a decision issued today, 16 July 2026, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution to detain Dr. Mohamed Zahran…
EFHR condemns State Security Prosecution’s decisions to detain 51 People over alleged membership in “GenZ002” group The Egyptian Front for Human Rights condemns the continuation of security crackdowns against citizens over their exercise of the right…
Released on bail of 20,000 EGP, a day after her arrest over remarks on abuses at El-Shatby Hospital in Alexandria: Omnia Sweidan released on bail after being charged with spreading false news and misusing social media The East Alexandria Prosecution decided today, June 17, 2026, to release Dr. Omnia Sweidan on bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds,…
In connection with their activities within the Committee for the Defense of Prisoners of Conscience: The SSSP ordered the detention of lawyer Mohamed Abu El-Diar for 15 days, while releasing Hanan Tantawy and Wafaa El-Masry on bail of EGP 50,000 pending investigation in Case No. 4502 of 2026, after charging the latter two with spreading false news, and charging the former with publishing and joining an illegal group The SSSP decided today, May 25, 2026, to remand Mohamed Abu El-Diar in custody for fifteen days pending investigations in…
After a Three-Day Disappearance: SSSP detains the Activist Nael Hassan in Case No. 4373 of 2026 on Charges of Spreading False News EFHR monitored the decision made today, May 24, 2026, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP to detain the activist…
EFHR calls for the immediate and unconditional release of filmmaker Omar Marai, following the decision by the Supreme State Security Prosecution to detain him pending investigation in Case No. 3835 of 2026 on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. EFHR condemns the detention of filmmaker Omar Marai, considering it a continuation of the practice of using pretrial detention and…
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