Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead of human rights record review

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.. […]

Egypt authorities arbitrarily detaining activists ahead of UN review: report

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 …

Egypt: Repression intensifies ahead of human rights record review

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

Artists in Egypt: Caught in the Machinery of Repression

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

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.

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…