Egypt accused of clampdown on minorities - CAJ News Africa

Egypt accused of clampdown on minorities - CAJ News Africa

from AHMED MOOLLA in Cairo, EgyptEgypt BureauCAIRO, (CAJ News) – HUMAN rights groups have appealed to Egypt to end an ongoing crackdown on religious minorities and halt plans to forcibly return an asylum seeker who is at risk of deportation to Syria. Amnesty International and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) reveal they have recently documented the arbitrary detention of at least four members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and…

Egypt: use of repeated national security and counter-terrorism related charges against human rights defenders in detention (joint communication)

This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Egypt about the use of repeated and similar national security and counter-terrorism related charges against human rights defenders in detention, including Aisha al-Shater, Hoda Abdel-Moneim and Ibrahim Metwally, their poor prison conditions and their continued lack of access to appropriate healthcare.