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A picture taken during a guided tour organized by the Egypt’s State Information Services shows a mounted police officer on his horse in Tora prison, Cairo, 11 November 2019, MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images Five leading human rights organizations in the country call for the urgent implementation of seven necessary measures to end the unprecedented deterioration in human rights.
This statement was originally published on anhri.info on 4 May 2021.
Five Egyptian human rights organizations announced today a list of seven necessary, specific and urgent measures to stop the unprecedented deterioration that Egypt is witnessing in the human rights situation over the past years.
TikTok girl s detention brings Egyptian human rights into spotlight The continued detention of Haneen Hossam, a TikTok influencer, on a new charge of human trafficking has raised concern among rights advocates, bringing Egypt s human rights under scrutiny once again. A woman watches a video of Egyptian influencer Haneen Hossam, who was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of violating public morals, on the video-sharing app TikTok in Egypt s capital, Cairo, on July 28, 2020. - KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
April 28, 2021
A little over three months after her acquittal by a Cairo Economic Appeals Court in a high profile morality case, TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam remains behind bars pending an investigation over human trafficking charges in a new case.
Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families
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(Beirut) The Egyptian authorities targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a clear pattern of intimidation and harassment, 22 Egyptian, regional, and international organizations said today. Since August 2020, the authorities have targeted the families of four critics who live in the United States, as well as one in Turkey, one in Germany, and one in the United Kingdom.
These cases are among dozens reported in recent years. The authorities try to intimidate critics with unlawful home raids, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and prolonged detention of family members without trial or charges.