Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC)
Website: http://www.hrw.org/
November 30
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Egypt: New Constitution Mixed On Support of Rights - Draft Adopted Without Consensus Amid Political Crisis [analysis]
The final draft of a constitution approved on November 29, 2012, by Egypt's 100-member constituent assembly protects some rights but undermines others. The constitution, approved... Read more »
November 27
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Egypt: New Law May Bring Some Accountability but Invites Abuse of Freedoms [press release]
President Mohamed Morsy's Constitutional Declaration granting his decrees and laws immunity from judicial review even if they violate human rights until mid-2013 undermines the... Read more »
November 21
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Egypt: Forced Eviction By Military Leaves One Dead
Military prosecutors should immediately refer to the civilian judiciary 25 civilians arrested on November 18, 2012, during an attempted forced eviction by the military police that... Read more »
November 20
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Egypt: A Year of Abuses Against Detained Children [press release]
Egyptian police and military officers have arrested and detained over 300 children during protests in Cairo over the past year, in some cases beating or torturing them, Human... Read more »
November 19
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Egypt: Protester Killings a Test for Morsy [press release]
Families of the 45 protesters killed and the hundreds injured when police responded to protests over military rule with excessive force and brutality from November 19 through 24,... Read more »
November 13
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Egypt: Joint Letter to the UAE On Its Candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council [press release]
H.R.H. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Read more »
October 28
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Egypt: Asylum Seekers Blocked At Border - Eritreans Pushed Back to Egypt, Despite Risk of Abuse [press release]
The Israeli military has since June 2012 prevented dozens of asylum seekers, most of them Eritreans, from crossing Israel's newly constructed fence on its border with Egypt, Human... Read more »
October 26
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Egypt: Group Welcomes Judges' Probe of Generals [press release]
The Cairo Appeals Court's appointment of a civilian judge to investigate the responsibility of three leading former generals for the abuse of protesters is an opportunity to hold... Read more »
October 8
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Egypt: Fix Draft Constitution to Protect Key Rights - Provisions Inconsistent With International Law [press release]
The Egyptian Constituent Assembly should amend articles in the draft constitution that undermine human rights in post-Mubarak Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to... Read more »
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Egypt: Letter to Members of the Constituent Assembly [document]
Dear Members of the Constituent Assembly, Read more »
September 5
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Egypt: Govt Should End Sinai Nightmare for Migrants, Says Rights Body [press release]
Egypt should use its increased security force presence in the Sinai Peninsula to free hundreds of migrants held for ransom and abused by human traffickers and other criminals.... Read more »
July 16
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Egypt: President Morsy Should End Military Trials of Civilians [press release]
In one of the first real tests of the powers of the civilian president since the military "handover to civilian authority," President Mohamed Morsy should pardon all those... Read more »
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Egypt: End Mubarak-Era Impunity for Violence, Rights Group Urges [press release]
The new administration of President Mohamed Morsy should take urgent steps to address sectarian violence. The administration should ensure that those responsible for the violence... Read more »
June 29
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Egypt: UN Human Rights Council - Human Rights Situation in Egypt - Oral Statement Under Item 4 - General Debate [press release]
The election of Mohamed Morsi marks the first partial transfer of authority to an elected, civilian president since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. Morsi is also the... Read more »
June 21
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Egypt: Egypt - Military Power Grab Creates Conditions for Abuse - Decrees Embed Armed Forces' Role in Law Enforcement [press release]
Decrees issued by the Egyptian ruling military council and the Justice Minister in recent days sharply reduce civilian oversight of military actions, creating conditions ripe for... Read more »
June 4
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Egypt: Acquittal of Police Chiefs a Green Light to Future Abuse - Human Rights Watch
The landmark conviction of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on June 2, 2012, on charges of complicity in the murder of peaceful protesters during pro-democracy protests... Read more »
May 31
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Egypt: Parliament's Chance to End State of Emergency [press release]
Egypt's new parliament has an opportunity to close an abusive chapter in Egypt's history by ending all measures related to the Emergency Law when the current extension of the law... Read more »
May 28
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Egypt: The Intricacies of Hosni Mubarak's Trial [press release]
Hosni Mubarak, 84, became president of Egypt after the assassination of Anwar Sadat in October 1981, and served until he was ousted on February 11, 2011, following the large-scale... Read more »
May 21
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Egypt: Comments On the EBDR's Technical Assessments for Country, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia [press release]
Human Rights Watch takes this opportunity to comment on the EBRD's technical assessments for Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. Below, we highlight omissions and developments... Read more »
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Egypt: Widespread Military Torture of Protesters Arrested in May - Impunity Enables Further Abuse [press release]
Military soldiers beat and tortured protesters they arrested at a demonstration near the Defense Ministry on May 4, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today, after interviews with... Read more »
May 8
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Egypt: New Law Keeps Military Trials of Civilians [press release]
Egypt's parliament on May 6, 2012, approved amendments to the Code of Military Justice that failed to end the unprecedented expansion of military trials of civilians, despite pleas... Read more »
April 9
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Egypt: Whitewash in Virginity Tests Trial
The March 11 acquittal of the only military officer charged in the "virginity tests" trial is a blow for any hopes of accountability for the abuses women have experienced at the... Read more »
March 27
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Egypt: Children On Trial - Stop Sending Juveniles Before Military Courts [press release]
Egypt's military courts have investigated or tried at least 43 children over the past year, Human Rights Watch said today,including the pending trial of 13-year-old Ahmed Hamdy... Read more »
March 20
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Egypt: Statement At the Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Situation [press release]
Since assuming power, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of Egypt has failed to address several serious human rights problems in the country, and in many cases has... Read more »
March 8
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Egypt: Drop Charges in Non-Profit Group Cases [press release]
The Egyptian authorities should drop the charges against 43 workers with nongovernmental organizations who are charged with operating "unlicensed" groups under a repressive law,... Read more »
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