Egypt

ANHRI expresses deep dissatisfaction towards the sentencing of editor Yasser Barakat, to six months in prison.

ANHRI condemns the detention of writer Abd Al-Monem Monieb by state security officers at Cairo airport.

State Security Police are violating the right to privacy by spying on Internet users in Egypt, searching for individuals who exercise their right to express their political views online peacefully

The al-Zohour Court of Appeal in Port Said upheld an earlier decision sentencing blogger Tamer Mabrouk to a heavy fine.

Despite the fact that the Network recorded a decline in the number of cases brought against journalists and bloggers in 2008 compared with 2007, the violations that took place in 2008 were more violent.

The Legal Aid Unit for Freedom of Expression won an acquittal for Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, in a Hisba case brought against him

The blogger has received many phone calls from the State Security officers ordering him to meet with them.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights (ANHRI) reports that the al-Khalifa Court of Appeal issued its ruling to annul the decision to imprison Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim for a term of two years.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reports that the Egyptian security authorities have confiscated a book entitled “A Flood of Corruption and the Advance of bin Laden in Algeria” by the Algerian writer, Anwar Malek.

ANHRI deplores the fabrication of political lawsuits by state security organs, particularly in the province of Fayoum, where officials have created new charges against bloggers. The most recent charge was brought against Ahmed Mohsen, a blogger who writes the Open Your Eyes blog ( http://eyestillopen.blogspot.com ).

Mr. Hafez Abu Seada, secretary-general of EOHR, confirmed that the crisis which has escalated recently between EOHR and the administration side reveals the need to stipulate quickly a new bill for non-governmental organisations

(EOHR/IFEX) – The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) condemns the unlawful detention of human rights activists in a clear violation of their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of opinion and expression guaranteed by international human rights covenants and the Egyptian constitution. A group of activists organised a protest on 4 May 2009 before […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) expresses its deepest concern regarding a letter received from the Ministry of Social Solidarity warning EOHR of the possibility of applying Article 42 of the NGOs Law 84/2002, which is concerned with dismantling the organization. On 27 April 2009, EOHR received a letter signed by the […]

(ANHRI/IFEX) – On 28 April 2009, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) asserted that it would not back down from its demand of an investigation of the state security officers who abducted the Internet activist Ahmed Mohamed Alaa El Din on 7 April 2009. Alaa was released on the evening of 27 April, […]

(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) expressed its strong condemnation and dismay at the continued detention since 3 October 2008 of the Christian blogger, Hani Nazeer, by state security. His arrest was carried out in coordination with the Church in Naga Hammadi, his hometown in Qena Governorate. Nazeer is the author […]

(ANHRI/IFEX) – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) considered the week of 7 April 2009 to be a “black week for freedom of press and expression in Egypt”. During the week, the license of “Ibda’e”, an important Egyptian and Arabic magazine, was cancelled on 7 April, followed by “Elbadeel” newspaper’s declaration that they […]