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Following the approval of the resolution on âThe deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)â, the Socialists and Democrats reiterate their strong condemnation of the open and widespread human-rights violations currently taking place in Egypt and demand the release of Patrick Zaki, along with all those imprisoned for their opinions and for political reasons.
The S&D shadow rapporteur, Pierfrancesco Majorino
MEP
, stated: The European Parliament has sent a very clear message to Egypt about the deteriorating situation of human rights: the deterioration is blatant, widespread and calls into question the relationship between the EU and Egypt. The vote on the resolution today represents a severe condemnation of the repression that is taking place against civil society, of the harassment, mass arrests, torture and abuse of inmates, systema
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Scarlett Johansson’s recent intervention on behalf of civil rights in Egypt is prompting a mixed response there ranging from gratitude to antisemitic rebuke.
Social media users reacted to a video from the Jewish actress about the arrest of four members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights as part of a broader wave of arrests of critics of the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. Three of the initiative’s detainees have since been released.
“They all face bogus charges that could lead to many more years in prison. In fact, their only crime has been to stand up for the dignity of Egyptians,” Johansson said in the video published on the initiative’s YouTube page. Amnesty International launched a separate campaign for their release.
Access Now 17 December 2020 | 10:00 am
As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring,
we, the undersigned activists, journalists, and human rights organizations, have come together to voice our frustration and dismay at how platform policies and content moderation procedures all too often lead to the silencing and erasure of critical voices from marginalized and oppressed communities across the Middle East and North Africa.
The Arab Spring is historic for many reasons, and one of its outstanding legacies is how activists and citizens have used social media to push for political change and social justice, cementing the internet as an essential enabler of human rights in the digital age.
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Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defenders Released
On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer, directors at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), were released and are now safely home with their families and loved ones.
On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released pending investigations into terrorism-related and other unfounded charges. Three days later, a court decided to freeze their personal assets following grossly unfair proceedings. They were arrested between 15 and 19 November 2020 by Egyptian security forces and arbitrarily detained at the Tora Prison Complex, in apparent retaliation for a human rights briefing with 13 western diplomats at EIPR’s office on 3 November 2020.