With Sudan’s conflict now at the 100-day mark, advocacy groups are calling on Sudan’s neighbor Egypt to ease entry requirements for refugees, saying displaced Sudanese face a dire situation. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the [ More … ]
“The Egyptian authorities should overturn the harsh prison sentences imposed on March 5, 2023, following an unfair mass trial of 29 men and women solely because of their peaceful activism,” Human Rights Watch said today. [ More … ]
The United Nations says it is investigating reportedly misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks. This follows accusations that attendees of events at the German pavilion for the COP27 [ More … ]
A number of prominent public figures, activists, Human rights advocates and journalists worldwide have joined the ‘Ifrag’ campaign for the release of the elderly and patients in Egypt’s prisons, especially amid the outbreak of the [ More … ]
The detention of a third employee of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel have raised international concern over human rights conditions, especially the Sisi regime’s disrespect of the fundamental [ More … ]
All the world leaders have seen in the G20 summit which is currently held in Saudi Arabia (virtually due to COVID 19 pandemic situation), however, There was mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott this [ More … ]
US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said there will be no more “blank checks for Trump’s favorite dictator” in a widely shared Twitter post. The comments come not long after the release of the dual [ More … ]
A well-known Saudi activist and whistle-blower known online as “Mujtahid” has exposed the existence of a secret prison run by Riyadh in Yemen’s largest province, Hadhramout. Mujtahid made his claim on Twitter yesterday, where he [ More … ]
While a number of news websites have republished pro-government narrative on the alleged shooting of terrorists in a gun battle between security forces and a “militant hideout”, some activists suggested that it was just a [ More … ]
After a lawyer, his wife, and his brother were arrested from a café in Damanhour, a city in Lower Egypt, his mother and two sisters were also arrested after enquiring about his whereabouts. According to [ More … ]
A series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Egyptian journalists, academics, lawyers, opposition politicians, and human rights activists have been traced to Egyptian government offices, a cybersecurity firm has found. The attackers installed software on the targets’ [ More … ]
Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organization. “It’s illogical for a country where torture is systematic to host a [ More … ]
Saudi women can now travel without the permission of a male guardian and now have employment discrimination protections. Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers approved a royal decree this week put forth by Crown Prince Mohammed [ More … ]
Amnesty International has condemned the Egyptian authorities’ “revolving door” practice of re-imprisoning activists, journalists and others after their release from detention is ordered by judges. Al Jazeera producer and Ola Qaradawi are among those immediately [ More … ]
Amnesty International warned Wednesday that dozens of rights activists in Egypt have been put in “grave danger” by email phishing attacks that it says appear to be government orchestrated. “Dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders [ More … ]
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