Advocacy / Egypt
Bahrain and Egypt’s National Human Rights Institutions raise concerns at the UN
MENA Rights Group welcomes the Sub-Committee on Accreditation's decision to defer the review of Bahrain and Egypt's National Human Rights Institutions, which cited their lack of compliance with the Paris Principles.
Bahrain and Egypt's National Human Rights Institutions failing to protect human rights
Led by MENA Rights Group, 17 civil society organisations urged the Sub-Committee on Accreditation not to grant Bahrain and Egypt's National Human Rights Institutions status "A" given that they fail to comply with the Paris principles.
Egypt: Statement demanding the release of journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada's father
MENA Rights Group joins 40+ signatories in urging Egyptian authorities to release Gamal Abdelhamid Ziada, the father of human rights defender, journalist and former prisoner of conscience Ahmed Gamal Ziada. Furthermore, we call on authorities to cease their acts of reprisal against families of journalists and human rights defenders.
Egypt: The immediate release of activist Mohamed Adel demanded by human rights organisations
MENA Rights Group joins 27 civil society organisations in calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political activist Mohamed Adel, to cease the targeting of individuals exercising their right to freedom of expression and to uphold basic human rights and the rule of law.
Egypt: Civil society “foreign funding” case remains unclosed
MENA Rights Group joins 18 civil society organisations in urging Egyptian authorities to close Case 173, which punishes more than 20 human rights defenders through asset freezes and travel bans, and to cease the targeting of independent civil society.
In solidarity with Egyptian fact-checking and independent media platform Matsadaash
MENA Rights Group joins 99+ signatories, including civil society organisations, in condemning the harassment of Egyptian independent media outlets and journalists.
Civil society organisations condemn sentencing of Egyptian academic and researcher Patrick George Zaki
MENA Rights Group joins 40+ civil society organisations in condemning the Egyptian authorities' sentence against academic and researcher Patrick George Zaki for merely exercising his right to freedom of expression.
Egypt: detained academic at risk of death, Salah Soltan should be immediately released and offered treatment
MENA Rights Group joins 50 human rights organisations in calling for the release of Salah Soltan. The Egyptian academic is held in arbitrary detention, and faces serious medical neglect which may lead to his death.
Joint letter – NGOs call on Secretary Blinken to urge Egypt to withdraw its upcoming NGO registration deadline
MENA Rights Group joins 20 rights organisations in condemning Egyptian authorities' imposition of a deadline for all NGOs to register in accordance with the draconian 2019 NGO law. We call on Secretary Blinken to urge Egypt to withdraw the deadline.
32 civil society organisations condemn the referral of Mada Masr journalists to trial
MENA Rights Group joins a coalition of civil society organisations in calling on Egyptian authorities to drop the charges against three Mada Masr journalists in the context of a crackdown on independent media.