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April 24, 2017 News Release

Germany/Egypt: Agreement Risks Complicity in Abuses

Pact Could Tie Berlin’s Agents to Torture, Disappearances

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands following a news conference at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt on March 2, 2017.
April 21, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Videos Show Army Executions in Sinai

US, Other Countries Should Suspend Military Aid

3) A member of a military-backed militia prepares to execute the second detainee. © 2017 Mekameleen
April 13, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Confirm Detention of Missing Palestinians

Those Held Entitled to Due Process, Humane Treatment

A Palestinian boy takes part in a protest regarding four missing Palestinian men believed to be in Egyptian custody, at the gate of Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, August 20, 2015.
April 12, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Horrific Palm Sunday Bombings

State of Emergency Risks More Abuses

Relatives of victims react next to coffins arriving to the Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017. © 2017 Reuters
April 3, 2017 Commentary

Doing What's Right on Egypt is also Smart Strategy

U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi walk the colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 3, 2017. © 2017 Reuters
April 2, 2017 News Release

Sisi-Trump Meeting Shows Mutual Contempt for Rights

Visit Comes at Nadir for Basic Freedoms in Egypt

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
March 24, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Aya Hijazi's Trial a Travesty

Postponed Verdict Caps Extensive Fair Trial Violations

Aya Hegazy and her husband Mohamed Hassanein, founders of a nongovernmental organization that looks after street children, sit on the ground talking inside a holding cell as they face trial on charges of human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors, a
March 16, 2017 Report

Egypt: Possible Extrajudicial Killings in Sinai

Police May Have Staged Raid to Cover Up Deaths

Still from a video published by the Egyptian Interior Ministry. The video shows commandos stealthily approaching a building. But military experts said the bright, white light illuminating the commandos during their approach was one indication that the rai
March 13, 2017 Dispatches

Egypt’s Christians Flee ISIS Violence

Displaced Call Security Officials’ Response ‘Apathetic’

A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral, following a bombing, in Egypt December 11, 2016.
March 9, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Council: With Human Rights under Threat, a Time for Leadership

Item 2 – Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on his Annual Report

February 9, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Workers Charged over Protests

Drop Charges; Change Laws that Restrict Right to Organize, Strike

Workers holding a banner shout slogans against the government during a protest near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on April 29, 2013.
January 24, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Court Names 1,500 to Terrorist List

Punishment Without Fair Hearing Mocks Due Process

Detainees sit behind bars during the trial of 738 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of staging an armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, May 31, 2016.
January 12, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Consolidating Repression Under al-Sisi

Unprecedented Steps to Eliminate Independent Groups

Journalists protest in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo against press restrictions and for the release of detained journalists, May 2016.
January 9, 2017 Commentary

Barack Obama’s Shaky Legacy on Human Rights

For all his promises — and a Nobel Peace Prize — the Obama presidency delivered more hope than change

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington January 12, 2016.
December 24, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Mass Attack on Prisoners

Investigate Alleged Abuses Against Alexandria Inmates

A still from video showing families of Borj al-Arab inmates protesting in front of the Journalist Syndicate in Cairo, November 22, 2016.

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