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Egypt: Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Say Sisi "Faces Rights Crisis"
Aswat Masriya, 10 June 2014
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have said that Egypt is facing a "human rights crisis as dire as in any period in the country's modern history". Read more »
New Egyptian President Faces Rights Crisis
The international rights groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, say security forces have used excessive force on numerous occasions, leading to the "worst incident of mass unlawful killings" in the country's recent history. The groups have urged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to make addressing the "dismal" human rights record a top priority.
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Egypt: New Leader Faces Rights Crisis
HRW, 9 June 2014
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi takes office in Egypt in the midst of a human rights crisis as dire as in any period in the country's modern history, Amnesty International and Human… Read more »
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Egypt: 10 Defendants Sentenced to Death, Badie's Adjudication With Other 34 Postponed to July 5
HRInfo, 6 June 2014
Supreme State Security Criminal Court, headed by Judge Hassan Farid and held at Trustees Police Institute in Tura, sentenced 10 defendants- fugitives from justice- including… Read more »
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Egypt: Presidential Decree Abolishes Pardon for 52 Inmates
Egypt Online, 30 May 2014
Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree rescinding previous pardons of 52 prisoners, including four sentenced to death. Read more »
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Egypt: Egypt Elections Amidst Political Repression
HRW, 28 May 2014
As Egypt concludes its third day of voting for a new president, the intense crackdown on dissent over the last 10 months has created a repressive environment that severely… Read more »
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Egypt: More Than 41,000 Arrested in Egypt Since July - NGO
Aswat Masriya, 25 May 2014
More than 41,000 people have been arrested in Egypt since July 2013 until now, said a recent report by Wiki Thawra, an independent statistical database created by the Egyptian… Read more »
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Egypt: Rights Group Urges Authorities to Stop Torture in Prison
Aswat Masriya, 23 May 2014
A rights group condemned what it called "enforced disappearance and torture" that has been ongoing at a prison in Ismailia. Read more »
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Egypt: Dozens of Disappeared Civilians Face Ongoing Torture At Military Prison
AI London, 22 May 2014
Dozens of civilians have been subjected to enforced disappearance and held for months in secret detention at an Egyptian military camp, where they are subjected to torture and… Read more »
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Egypt: Major Decline in Freedom of Information Since Army Takeover
RSF, 21 May 2014
With an eye to Egypt's 26-27 May presidential election and Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's probable victory, Reporters Without Borders has compiled the following overview of… Read more »
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Egypt: UN Chief Alarmed at Mass Death Sentences
UN News, 28 April 2014
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced alarmed at the news that another preliminary mass death sentence has been handed down in Egypt, where more than 680 people… Read more »
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Egypt: Minya Criminal Sentences 37 MB Supporters and 683 Defendants to Death
HRInfo, 28 April 2014
Minya Criminal Court handed down death sentences for 37 MB supporters, and ordered life imprisonment sentences for 491 others. Read more »
InFocus
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Al Jazeera has requested the aid of world powers to secure the release of one of its journalists jailed in Egypt over fears that Cairo authorities are endangering his life. Read more »
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over death sentences passed by an Egyptian court on dozens of people accused of taking part in riots after former ... Read more »
