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Link to: EOHR calls for release of detained journalist, other anti-war activists

EOHR calls for release of detained journalist, other anti-war activists

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 28 May 2003 EOHR press release: Forgotten After the War Against Iraq EOHR Calls for the Immediate Release of Five Anti-war Activists EOHR expresses great concern over the detention of five anti-war activists who have been detained by the Egyptian authorities since the middle of April. They are: Mohammed […]

Link to: EOHR appeals for release of anti-Iraq war activists

EOHR appeals for release of anti-Iraq war activists

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is an EOHR press release: Cairo: April 16, 2003 EOHR Issues An Urgent Appeal: Release Anti-Iraqi War Activists Now EOHR regrets the ongoing attitude of security forces toward the right to peaceful assembly and the people who choose to exercise this right. Demonstrators continue to get arrested as they protest the […]

Link to: Journalists covering anti-war protest roughed up by police officers

Journalists covering anti-war protest roughed up by police officers

(RSF/IFEX) – On 7 April 2003, RSF protested against the latest police attacks on journalists covering anti-war demonstrations in Cairo. “The police have once again targeted journalists,” said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. “We are very concerned and again urge Interior Minister Habib al-Adeli to ensure that journalists, be they Egyptians or foreigners, are allowed to […]

Link to: Writers and journalists among arrested anti-war protestors

Writers and journalists among arrested anti-war protestors

(WiPC/IFEX) – The outbreak of military action in Iraq led to concerns that governments of many countries would restrict the ability of their citizens to gather and speak out against the coming war. These concerns have unfortunately been borne out by the actions of governments throughout the world, most noticeably those of the Egyptian authorities. […]

Link to: EOHR seeks disclosure of journalist’s whereabouts

EOHR seeks disclosure of journalist’s whereabouts

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 23 March 2003 EOHR press release: EOHR Issues an Urgent Appeal Requesting the Disclosure of the Whereabouts of Hamdin Sabbahi EOHR expresses its deep concern regarding news that People’s Assembly Member Hamdin Sabbahi, age 49, was kidnapped by four persons dressed in civilian clothing outside his home on Ahmed […]

Link to: Journalist arrested, several others attacked by police officers while covering anti-war demonstrations

Journalist arrested, several others attacked by police officers while covering anti-war demonstrations

(RSF/IFEX) – Several journalists were attacked by police officers during the repression of anti-war demonstrations in Cairo on 20, 21 and 22 March 2003, which saw approximately 800 people arrested. “We call on the Egyptian authorities to allow Egyptian and foreign journalists to exercise their job. The events taking place in Egypt today are particularly […]

Link to: Three Ibn Khaldoun Center defendants acquitted

Three Ibn Khaldoun Center defendants acquitted

(EOHR/IFEX) – On 18 March 2003, the Cassation Court acquitted Saad El Deen Ibrahim and two other members of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Developmental Studies, Mohamed Hassanein and Nadia Ahmed Abd El Nour. Magda Ibrahim El Beh received a six-month suspended sentence. The verdict puts an end to the Ibn Kahaldoun Center case, which […]

Link to: EOHR issues report on impact of emergency law

EOHR issues report on impact of emergency law

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 25 February 2003 EOHR press release: Cairo, 25 February 2003 EOHR’s Report on the Impact of the Emergency Law on Human Rights Situation in Egypt (1992-2002) The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) issued today its first report for the year 2003, entitled “The impact of the emergency law […]

Link to: Growing numbers of arrests; emergency legislation used to suppress free expression

Growing numbers of arrests; emergency legislation used to suppress free expression

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 14 February 2003 Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Growing Numbers of Arrests Emergency Legislation Used to Suppress Free Expression (New York, February 14, 2003) – Recent arrests of demonstrators in Egypt may signal increasing repression of public dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. In recent weeks, state security […]

Link to: Authorities withdraw distribution ban on Lebanese literary and cultural review

Authorities withdraw distribution ban on Lebanese literary and cultural review

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 4 December 2002 EOHR press release: The Egyptian Authorities withdraw the banning of Al Adab in Egypt EOHR welcomes the Egyptian authorities’ withdrawal of the undeclared distribution ban on the Lebanese Arab literary and cultural review Al Adab in Egypt. According to a letter from the Al Adab’s editor-in-chief, […]

Link to: “Politically motivated” verdict overturned

“Politically motivated” verdict overturned

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 3 December 2002 Human Rights Watch press release: “Politically Motivated” Verdict Overturned in Egypt (New York, December 3, 2002) — Human Rights Watch welcomed today’s Court of Cassation decision to quash the guilty verdict handed down last July against university professor and democracy activist Saadeddin Ibrahim and 27 co-defendants. […]

Link to: EOHR protests distribution ban on Lebanese literary and cultural review

EOHR protests distribution ban on Lebanese literary and cultural review

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 1 December 2002 EOHR press release: Lebanese magazine Al Adab banned from distribution in Egypt EOHR has received information that the November-December edition of the Lebanese Arab Literary and cultural review Al Adab has been banned from distribution in Egypt by Egyptian authorities. Ironically, the banned edition contains articles […]

Link to: Authorities censor literary review’s issue on censorship

Authorities censor literary review’s issue on censorship

(RSF/IFEX) – On 29 November 2002, RSF deplored the Egyptian authorities’ decision to ban the November issue of the literary magazine “Al-Adab”, which focused on censorship in Egypt. “Censorship is becoming more disturbing in Egypt inasmuch as it keeps spreading to new areas,” RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard said, noting that Shohdy Surur, “Al-Ahram Weekly”‘s webmaster, […]

Link to: Appeal hearing date set for media worker sentenced to prison for posting poem on website

Appeal hearing date set for media worker sentenced to prison for posting poem on website

(RSF/IFEX) – On 10 October 2002, RSF expressed its support for Shohdy Surur, webmaster for the Egyptian newspaper “Al Ahram Weekly”, whose appeal against a one-year prison sentence will be heard in a Cairo courtroom on 14 October. He was sentenced in June for posting a sexually explicit, socially critical poem written by his late […]

Link to: EOHR appeals for academic’s release citing his failing health

EOHR appeals for academic’s release citing his failing health

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 2 October 2002 EOHR press release: EOHR Appeals For The Release Of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim Because Of His Diminishing Health On Tuesday 1 October 2002, EOHR appealed to the public prosecutor to release Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, former director of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre, for health reasons. Dr. […]

Link to: Student arrested following publication of his poetry

Student arrested following publication of his poetry

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 22 September 2002 EOHR press release: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) calls for the immediate release of the student Mohamed Ahmed Abdo Hegazy The EOHR is following up with deep concern the case of Mohamed Ahmed Abdo Hegazy (20 years old), who is a student at the […]