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Egyptian activist and former EIPR researcher Patrick George Zaki has been released from detention after 22 months. According to Mada Masr, his mother Hala Sobhy fainted upon hearing the news that t...

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Download logo Egyptian authorities should cease the harassment and persecution of prominent human rights defender and journalist, Hossam Bahgat, who faces abusive charges intended to punish him solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and his human rights activism, 46 human rights organizations said today. The verdict in the trial of Hossam Bahgat, executive […]

Egyptian authorities should cease the harassment and persecution of prominent human rights defender and journalist, Hossam Bahgat, who faces abusive charges intended to punish him solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and his human rights activism.

JOINT STATEMENT Egyptian authorities should cease the harassment and persecution of prominent human rights defender and journalist, Hossam Bahgat , who…

Green experts and human rights activists are concerned the hardline Cairo regime will suppress any civil society action

Egypt is set to pass a raft of counterterrorism measures which critics warn could also curb media freedoms. The legislation follows the assassination of the country's chief prosecutor and attacks on soldiers in Sinai.

Egyptian press freedom advocate faces life in prison

While the Egyptian government says the historic initiative is a good faith effort to set a path forward, critics say the strategy is primarily designed to quiet international critics.

Close Case 173, Lift Arbitrary Restrictions Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016.  © 2016 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have summoned at least five prominent human rights defenders during July 2021 for questioning as part of a decade-old criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have used Case 173 of 2011 to arbitrarily prosecute leading rights defenders and organiz...