Egypt represents the largest share of HuMENA’s country-specific work, reflecting both the scale of the human rights crisis and the depth of our engagement with Egyptian civil society.
Since the dramatic closure of civic space following 2013, Egypt has maintained one of the most restrictive environments for human rights in the region. Tens of thousands of political prisoners remain detained. NGO legislation criminalizes independent civil society work. Media freedom is severely curtailed. Human rights defenders, journalists, academics, and activists face systematic prosecution.
HuMENA monitors individual cases, issues urgent statements on detentions and legal proceedings, contributes to coalition advocacy at the UN and EU levels, and produces in-depth analysis of the legal and political frameworks shaping civic space in Egypt.
Publications & Statements on Egypt
- 2026-04-08 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Call for the Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma - 2026-04-01 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Seven Years Since the Disappearance of Ahmed Hassan: Human Rights Organizations Demand Immediate Disclosure of His Whereabouts - 2026-02-15 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices - 2026-01-25 · Press Releases
Egypt | January 25 Revolution, 15 Years On: A Human Rights Reading of Freedoms and Participation - 2025-12-04 · News
Call for Trainer | Geneva Advocacy for WHRDs & LGBTQI+ Defenders - 2025-11-20 · Joint Statements
Egypt | African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights… Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations - 2025-11-10 · Joint Statements
Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities - 2025-10-27 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression - 2025-10-27 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Systematic Exclusion of Opposition Candidates from Parliamentary Elections After Seizing Control of the Senate.. The “State List” Runs Uncontested in the House of Representatives Elections - 2025-09-23 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law - 2025-09-14 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Urgent Appeal on the Critical Health Condition of Egyptian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim - 2025-09-11 · Joint Statements
Vote Yes to Human Rights, No to Oppression: Civil Society Calls to Reject Egypt’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (2026–2028) - 2025-09-09 · Joint Statements
Egypt’s Diplomatic Missions Weaponized as Transnational Repression Tool - 2025-08-29 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Egyptian Authorities Should Stop Targeting Minors Over Online Gaming Activity - 2025-08-22 · Analysis
The Egyptian Government’s Urban Control Strategies to Prevent Peaceful Protests - 2025-08-18 · Analysis
From the Constitution to the Prison: How Egypt Penalizes Citizens for Protesting - 2025-08-11 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Ongoing Harassment of Lina Attalah and Escalating Crackdown on Mada Masr and Independent Journalism in Egypt - 2025-07-31 · Joint Statements
Joint Letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Urging Action on the Ongoing Detention of Galal El-Behairy - 2025-07-23 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Rights Groups Call for End to State Harassment of Human Rights Defender Mohamed Abdel Salam and Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression - 2025-07-11 · Analysis
Imagination Vs Repression.. On State Repression in Egypt, Artivism, and the Right to Expression and Assembly. - 2025-07-10 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Rights Groups Call on Egyptian Authorities to Immediately Release Dr. Salah Soltan and All Wrongfully Detained Prisoners Sentenced in Case No. 1766 of 2022 - 2025-07-03 · Analysis
The Street Is Not Yours: Repression of Bodies and Assemblies in Egypt - 2025-06-27 · Joint Statements
JOINT NGO INPUT AHEAD OF NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR MACRO-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT - 2025-06-24 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Rights organizations call on Egypt to end transnational repression against exiled journalist Basma Mostafa - 2025-06-23 · Analysis
Transnational Oppression: Gendered Repression Across Borders - 2025-05-31 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Torture and Death of Mahmoud Mika in Egyptian Custody - 2025-05-30 · Joint Statements
Egypt: Urgent action for Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Laila Soueif needed - 2025-05-21 · Joint Statements
Egypt | In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents - 2025-04-30 · Joint Statements
Egypt | Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect - 2025-04-19 · Joint Statements
Egypt | 14 human rights organizations demand justice for the extrajudicial killing of two young persons and the arbitrary arrest of dozens of women in Marsa Matrouh
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