Cop27 is in Egypt next year … but will anyone be allowed to protest?
Green experts and human rights activists are concerned the hardline Cairo regime will suppress any civil society action
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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 organizations over allegations of receiving foreign funds. Since 2016, authorities have summoned for interr...