Egypt

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 10 August 2003 EOHR press release: Under Emergency Law, five political opponents referred to the High State Security Court EOHR calls for release of prisoner of conscience Ashraf Ibrahim EOHR is alarmed at news of the referral of five defendants to the High State Security Court (under the Emergency […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Egypt: Activist Begins Hunger Strike as Detention is Extended (New York, August 1, 2003) — State security prosecutors in Egypt who extended the detention of antiwar activist Ashraf Ibrahim should instead release him immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. Ibrahim, who launched a hunger […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Egyptian Activist’s Detention Extended Engineer accused of downloading Internet News, Rights Information (New York, July 17, 2003) – Egypt’s decision to continue the imprisonment without trial of engineer and antiwar activist Ashraf Ibrahim shows the government’s intent to punish and discourage peaceful dissent, Human […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 5 July 2003 EOHR press release: Security Authorities Ban an Edition of Egyptian Newspaper El-Sadaa Without a Court Order The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) was deeply concerned when it received information that the last issue of the Egyptian weekly newspaper El-Sadaa, of the El-Takaful political party, was […]

(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a 25 June 2003 EOHR press release: After an 18-year Legal Struggle, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights(EOHR) Attains Legal Recognition as an NGO under the NGOs Law (#84/2002) On June 24, 2003, EOHR was granted a registration number by the Ministry of Social Affairs and became a legally registered […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has protested the imprisonment of newspaper editor Mustapha Bakri and Mahmoud Bakri, his brother and fellow journalist, on 2 June 2003. They were both jailed after an Appeals Court upheld their conviction and one-year prison sentences for libel on 1 June. “We call for the immediate release of these journalists, who could […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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. […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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, […]