Articles by Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE)
Egypt: Judicial authorities employ mass surveillance to censor citizens
How Egypt’s Public Prosecution expanded its powers in recent years to monitor internet users, and violate their right to privacy and freedom of expression.
Egypt: Rights groups call on President Sisi to release researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy
IFEX joins rights groups in calling on President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to quash the unfair verdict against researcher and graduate student Ahmed Samir Santawy, who was sentenced to four years in prison on “false news” charges.
Egypt: Prosecution of TikTok content creators a violation of online free expression
Human rights groups call on Egyptian authorities to stop the trials of TikTok content creators who are being prosecuted for their online content, and to ensure the right to freedom of expression.
Egypt: Release researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and stop violating academic freedom
A number of IFEX member organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to stop violating academic freedom, enable Egyptian and foreign researchers to work freely, and guarantee their freedom of movement. They also stress the need to release Santawy and Patrick George Zaki.
Egypt: Access to information is critical to confronting the pandemic
An information blackout has exacerbated the coronavirus pandemic in Egypt, says the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), and calls on authorities to provide access to vital information in an effort to confront the growing health crisis.
Egypt: NGOs call on authorities to release leaders of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
As authorities escalate their crackdown on human rights defenders and civil society organisations, rights groups call for the immediate release of detained members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), and an end to the persecution of Egyptian civil society.
Egypt: Sanaa Seif abducted outside the Public Prosecutor’s office
Rights organizations condemn the abduction of Sanaa Seif, who was previously assaulted for demanding information on her arbitrarily detained brother, activist Alaa Abd-El Fattah.
Egypt: Freedom of expression backslides during the COVID-19 pandemic
This statement was originally published on afteegypt.org on 19 May 2020. Introduction The 2020 first-quarter report on the “Freedom of Expression situation in Egypt” coincides with the outbreak of a global pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 people worldwide, besides resulting in millions of infections. Such a crisis has prompted most countries to implement several […]