Date of source: Friday, January 23, 2015
Having rejoiced at the unprecedented presidential visit to the Coptic Christmas Mass, Egypt's Christians are now hoping for an action-oriented approach by the state to establish equal citizenship.
Date of source: Friday, January 23, 2015
There are several reasons the British government may be publishing only the "principal findings" of the report. First, some of the information gathered will have been done so by the intelligence services, so there are assets and agreements to protect. Another is the possibility that by revealing...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Jamāl `Eid is an attorney and human rights defender who founded the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) in 2003.
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Civil society in Egypt is strong and diverse, according to Hāfez Abū Se`da, Member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Chairman. He added that there are non-governmental organizations and the National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
The seven Egyptian men headed east by car from the Libyan city of Sirte on Dec. 29, starting the long drive back to Egypt. On the outskirts of the city, located on the Mediterranean coast, armed men stopped the vehicle. Several of the men called their families back home. “We’re kidnapped,” one told...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
When President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi attended the Judges Day celebration at the High Court of Justice this month, he told an audience of judges and prosecution officials: “I was keen, since I took responsibility, on reaffirming the independence of the judiciary.”
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Efforts to protect women from systemic violence have been largely symbolic, human rights group says.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
The undersigned organizations condemn the recent decisions to ban some democracy advocates from traveling, based on decisions by the investigative judge in the “foreign funding case.”
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Minister of Transitional Justice Ibrahīm al-Henēdi announced Tuesday the government is negotiating with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights to establish a regional office in Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Egypt's President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi said Tuesday that those questioning his government about human rights and freedom of expression are ignoring the fact that his country of 90 million lacks development, investment and desperately needed stability.