Advocacy / Egypt
Civil society welcomes decision not to sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into law
MENA Rights Group joins Egyptian and international civil society organizations in welcoming the decision to return the draft Criminal Procedure Code to parliament for revision.
UN Secretary-General’s 2025 report highlights reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA
MENA Rights Group provides a summary of the UNSG's main concerns over reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA region, particularly in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen.
Urgent appeal on critical health of Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim
MENA Rights Group joins 22 other human rights NGOs in an urgent appeal to save Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim, whose health has critically deteriorated after nearly seven years in pretrial detention.
Vote yes to human rights, say no to oppression
A coalition of human rights NGOs warns that electing Egypt to the Human Rights Council would reward brutal repression and undermine the credibility of the international human rights system.
Ongoing harassment of Lina Attalah and escalating crackdown on Mada Masr and independent journalism in Egypt
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating independent media platforms in Egypt. The latest incident involved the summoning of Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah for interrogation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) on Monday, 4 August 2025, in Case No. 6182 of 2025 (SSSP).
200 days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s enforced disappearance: Reveal his whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 8 January 2025, in flagrant violation of due process guarantees and other international human rights obligations, notably the principle of non-refoulement.
Joint letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. urging action on the ongoing detention of Galal El-Behairy
PEN America and 10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree Galal el-Behairy with relevant authorities in Cairo.Your Excellency,
