Egypt: Poet Galal El Behairy launches hunger strike on 5th anniversary of unjust detention
Civil society organizations call on Egyptian authorities to release El Behairy and all those arbitrarily detained for their free expression.
Digital targeting and its offline consequences for LGBTQI+ people in MENA
A new report examines how several authorities in the region have integrated technology into their policing of LGBTQI+ people.
Egypt: NGOs call for urgent action by the UN Human Rights Council to address the country’s worsening crisis
“As witnessed by the world during COP27, the brutal crackdown on civil society in Egypt continues to intensify.”
Egypt: CIHRS website blocked in reprisal for joint report to UN Human Rights Council
The latest censorship confirms the report’s conclusion that no serious steps are being taken by the authorities to address the ongoing human rights crisis.
Heightened digital oppression in Egypt
Laws and measures adopted by authorities in recent years enable unlawful internet censorship and mass surveillance of users, reports SMEX.
Egypt: Crisis by design, a human rights report by independent Egyptian organizations to the UN
A new report finds the human rights situation in Egypt has persisted and even exacerbated since its last UPR review in 2019.
Egypt: A year of whitewashing despite dire crisis
In 2022, key civil society figures faced arbitrary travel bans, asset freezes, and criminal investigations in retaliation for their peaceful activism or criticism, says a new HRW report.
Egypt: Rasha Azab and her friends – seven days off-script for three Egyptian women journalists
Three women journalists staged a sit-in in the middle of a global climate summit to draw awareness about Egypt’s thousands of political prisoners.
Egypt: Ramy Shaath pursues justice for his imprisonment before the African Commission
IFEX joins rights groups demanding remedies from the Egyptian government for Ramy Shaath’s imprisonment and his wife’s Celine Lebrun-Shaath’s deportation.
How Egypt doubled down on fossil fuels by stifling dissent
Authorities effectively prohibit journalists and advocates from working on sensitive environmental issues.
Egypt: Hundreds of groups, parliamentarians and individuals from over 80 countries urge Egyptian authorities to open civic space ahead of COP27
“The main needed step to reach climate justice is to stop all repressive policies and respect human rights.” – Mohamed Abdel Salam, Executive Director, at AFTE.
Egypt: Alaa Abd El Fattah’s life at serious risk amidst COP27 climate summit
The prominent activist has entered a full hunger strike in protest of his unjust detention as Egypt hosts the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Egypt: Biden urged to secure human rights progress before meeting with President Al-Sisi on sidelines of COP27
Robust action on climate change, ultimately, can only succeed with the free participation of civil society, say rights groups.
Egypt: COP27 participants urged to recognize environmental and human rights of Sinai population
Rights groups condemn the Egyptian government’s decision to exclude Sinai residents from participating in the upcoming UN climate summit.
Saudi Arabia: Ten Egyptian Nubian citizens receive arbitrary prison sentences of up to 18 years
Heavy jail terms handed down for organizers of a public symposium in Riyadh.
Egypt: Ahead of COP27, authorities must open civic space and release detainees
Effective climate action is not possible without an open civic space, say civil rights organizations.