Advocacy / Egypt
Egypt: Detainee Abeer Najed must be released immediately
We, the undersigned organizations, express our most profound concern over the severe deterioration of the health of Abeer Najed, a 47-year-old woman who has been detained since September 2018. During a visit by her family on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, in Al-Qanater women's prison, her relatives noted that her face seemed to show swelling and that she was unable to walk without assistance.
After one-year of unwarranted arrest and solitary confinement, Ramy Kamel must be freed
As November 23, 2020 marked one year of solitary confinement for Ramy Kamel, a Coptic Egyptian human rights defender, 15 organizations urge American and European leaders to pressure Egyptian authorities to immediately release Ramy, lift all charges against him, and conduct effective investigations on allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against him.
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.
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.
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”.
Civil society organisations' open letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission regarding the situation of human rights in Egypt
25 July 2019 H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat,
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