Authorities carry out spate of arbitrary detentions and politically-motivated criminal investigations ahead of review of country's human rights record at the UN

سجل مصر الحقوقي أمام الأمم المتحدة، ومنظمات حقوقية تقول “لا تقدم يذكر”

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Egypt’s human rights record at the United Nations, and human rights organizations say “no significant progress”

Getty ImagesEgyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivers Egypt’s speech at the UN General Assembly 2016 Rufaida tied the knot in a way she never expected, marrying her fiancé by proxy in February 2020 after he was imprisoned for seven years, without her ever seeing him. She says she tried repeatedly to complete the marriage procedures in their presence in prison, but it was not possible.. […]

Getty Imagesالرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي يلقي كلمة مصر أمام الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة 2016 عقدت رُفيدة قرانها بطريقة لم تتوقعها يوما ما، إذ تزوجت بالوكالة من خطيبها في فبراير شباط 2020 بعد سجنه بسبع سنوات، دون أن تراه. تقول إنها حاولت مرارا إتمام إجراءات الزواج بحضورهما معا في السجن، لكن هذا لم يكن ممكنا.. […]

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Cairo - Al-Quds Al-Arabi: Hours before the start of the Universal Periodic Review session of Egypt's file at the United Nations Human Rights Council, 10 human rights organizations condemned the recent decisions of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to refer hundreds of citizens who have been detained for long periods, some of them for more than 6 years, to the courts of terrorism instead of immediately releasing them. In a statement, the org…

القاهرة- “القدس العربي”: قبل ساعات من بدء جلسة الاستعراض الدوري الشامل لملف مصر في مجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة، أدانت 10 منظمات حقوقية قرارات نيابة أمن الدولة العليا مؤخرًا، بإحالة مئات المواطنين المحتجزين منذ فترات طويلة، تجاوز بعضها 6 سنوات، إلى محاكم الإرهاب، عوضًا عن الإفراج الفوري عنهم. وقالت المنظمات، في بيان، إن قرارات الإحالة […]

قبيل جلسة استعراض ملف مصر في مجلس حقوق الإنسان.. 10منظمات تنتقد إحالة المئات لمحاكم الإرهاب

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Ahead of the review session of Egypt's file in the Human Rights Council, 10 organizations criticize the referral of hundreds to the courts of terrorism

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Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead of human rights record review

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the recent decisions of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to refer hundreds of citizens who have been detained for long periods, some of which exceeded 6 years, to terrorism courts, instead of releasing them immediately; in ... The post Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn the referral of hundreds to terrorism courts instead of releasing them and compensating them appeared first on Cai…

تدين المنظمات الحقوقية الموقعة قرارات نيابة أمن الدولة العليا مؤخرًا، بإحالة مئات المواطنين المحتجزين منذ فترات طويلة، تجاوز بعضها 6 سنوات، إلى محاكم الإرهاب، عوضًا عن الإفراج الفوري عنهم؛ في ... The post مصر: منظمات حقوقية تدين إحالة المئات لمحاكم الإرهاب بدلًا من إخلاء سبيلهم وتعويضهم appeared first on مركز القاهرة لدراسات حقوق الإنسان.

مصر: منظمات حقوقية تدين إحالة المئات لمحاكم الإرهاب بدلًا من إخلاء سبيلهم وتعويضهم

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn referral of hundreds to terrorism courts instead of release and compensation

Egyptian officials have arbitrarily investigated and detained human rights activists over peaceful dissent ahead of Tuesday’s UN Universal Period Review (UPR), Amnesty International said Monday. Activists that are under investigation include politician Hisham Kassem and human rights activist Hossam Bahgat. Detained activists include Nada Mogheeth (spouse to cartoonist Ashraf Omar), journalist Ahmed Serag, and TikToker Mohamed Allam. The goal of …

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Egypt authorities arbitrarily detaining activists ahead of UN review: report

Egyptian authorities have embarked on a renewed crackdown on peaceful dissent, through arbitrary detentions and politically-motivated criminal investigations, while preparing to defend the country’s human rights record during the Universal Period Review by the UN on 28 January, Amnesty International said today. In January alone, authorities ramped up their targeting of several critics. A criminal… Read More »Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead o…

Africa.com

Egypt: CFJ Organizes Event on the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Egypt The Committee for Justice (CFJ) is organizing a significant event in collaboration with several Egyptian NGOs as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights in Egypt, which will be held at the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, January 28.

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Egypt: CFJ Organizes Event on the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Egypt - Committee for Justice

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s recent referral of hundreds of detained citizens to terrorism courts instead of immediately releasing them. Defendants in these court cases – including political opponents, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders –  have been arbitrarily held in pretrial detention for long periods, in some cases exceeding six years. These terrorism circuit referr…

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Egypt:  Hundreds of political detainees, overdue for release, instead referred to terrorism courts by Supreme State Security Prosecution   - Egyptian Front for Human Rights

In Egypt, the machinery of repression targets artists through restrictive laws, heavy censorship, and shadowy extra-legal tactics. As these harsh conditions persist, Egypt will appear before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 28 January for its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a key opportunity to assess the country’s human rights record. The UPR, held every 4.5 years, reviews the human rights practices of all UN member states.…

Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead of human rights record review

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