Advocacy / Egypt

Action for Egyptian human rights defenders

The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the persecution of employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and Egyptian civil society by the Egyptian government. We urge the global community and their respective governments to do the same and join us in calling for the release of detained human rights defenders and a stop to the demonisation of civil society organisations and human rights defenders by government-owned or pro-government media.

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France: Macron to Receive Al-Sisi on Heels of Repression

(Paris, December 2, 2020) – French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming visit to Paris, particularly to release arbitrarily detained activists and human rights defenders.

Solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights urged by human rights community in open letter to ambassadors and diplomats

In an open letter, over 50 NGOs call on the immediate and unconditional release of Karim Ennarah, Mohammed Basheer and Gasser Abdel-Razek from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah on hunger strike protesting his continued illegal detention

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger.

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Egypt: 20 Rights NGOs call on President Macron to denounce Egypt's human rights record during the G7 meeting

It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the chosen theme is “the fight against inequality”.

The Organizing Committee for Africa Cup of Nations, sponsors and Egyptian authorities must ensure the release of peaceful activists

To: Africa Cup of Nations Mouad HAJJI: Secretariat Tsaddik Alaoui: Deputy General Secretary Administration and Finance Anthony Baffoe: Deputy General Secretary Football & Development Orange Stéphane Richard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Total Patrick Pouyanne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Organizing Committee for Africa Cup of Nations Amaju Melvin Pinnick:President