Egypt

Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:07:47 -0700

(New York) - The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy, Human Rights Watch said today.

Egypt: Stop Killing Migrants in Sinai

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:39:40 -0700

(New York) - Egyptian authorities should bring an immediate end to the unlawful killings of migrants and asylum seekers near Egypt's Sinai border with Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. According to news reports, Egyptian border guards shot and killed four migrants on September 9, 2009, bringing to at least 12 the number killed since May as they tried to cross into Israel.

US/Egypt: Obama Should Highlight Rights at Meeting With Mubarak

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:06:51 -0700

Will Arab States help end the Scourge of Cluster Munitions?

Joe Stork, published in "Al-Sijil" — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:30:05 -0700

Back in 2006, Israel's profligate use of cluster munitions in Lebanon caught the public eye, nowhere more so than in the Arab world. During the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli forces rained rockets loaded with cluster munitions on south Lebanon, the vast majority in the last 3 days of the conflict.

African Civil Society Urges African States Parties to the Rome Statute to Reaffirm Their Commitment to the ICC

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:40:56 -0700

On 3 July 2009 the African Union (AU) agreed that its members should withhold cooperation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The court issued its arrest warrant for President al-Bashir on 4 March 2009 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.

Obama Mid-East Speech Supports Rights, Democracy

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:31:39 -0700

(Cairo) – President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated June 4, 2009, speech to the Muslim world avoided confronting authoritarian governments directly, but sent a welcome message that Washington would not let the prospect of empowering Islamist parties deter it from supporting democracy in the region, Human Rights Watch said today.

Egypt/US: Obama Should Press Mubarak on Rights

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:45:54 -0700

(Cairo) - President Obama should signal clearly to Egyptians that human rights in their country are one of his administration's central concerns when he visits Cairo on June 4, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today.

A Record That Can’t Be Ignored

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:59:34 -0700

All eyes and ears will be on President Obama on June 4, when he delivers his first address from an Arab country. Will he focus on preserving a close relationship with Arab governments, whatever their shortcomings, or will he gear his message to Arab citizens, suppressed for decades by authoritarian leaders?

The Mubarak Test

Tom Malinowski — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:17:37 -0700

In two weeks, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will make his first visit to the White House since 2004. Egypt is, of course, a key U.S. ally and the United States badly needs its help as President Barack Obama attempts to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. But Mubarak is not exactly a model guest.

Egypt Ends ID Bias against Baha'is

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:39:28 -0700

Egypt's Interior Ministry on March 19 issued a decree allowing adherents of "non-recognized" religions to obtain vital identification documents without having to misidentify themselves as Muslim or Christian, a change that was urged by Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for P