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Statement
HuMENA condemns the reported torture of Matsada2sh journalists and calls for an independent investigation
HuMENA condemns the torture and ill treatment that journalists of the fact-checking platform Matsada2sh reported to the Supreme State Security Prosecution.
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Analysis
Criminalization of Art in Egypt: Artists Behind Bars
In Egypt, artists remain in prison. This piece looks at artivism and the prosecution of artists for publishing false news.
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Joint statement
Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash
Organisations and independent media condemn the crackdown on Egyptian investigative platform Matsadaash, whose entire newsroom has been arrested.
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Legal & political analysis
After the Pardon: Ahmad Douma and Freedom Under Constraint After Release
What does freedom mean when a person leaves prison but still faces prosecution and restrictions? An analysis of Ahmed Douma’s case after his pardon.
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Joint statement
Egypt | After 100 Days, Omar Salah Marei’s Arbitrary Detention Must End
Organisations renew their call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei.
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights Groups Call for Release of Detained Shi’a Muslims in Egypt, including Journalist Haidar Qandil
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the arrest, and enforced disappearance, of at least 36 Shi’a Muslim in Egypt, including journalist Mohammed Haidar Qandil. On 22 June 2026, Egyptian security forces arrested at least six Shi’a Muslims from their homes. Later that day, Qandil, who as a journalist had spent the day documenting the arrests of Egyptian Shi’a Muslims ahead of Ashura […]
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Joint statement
Ahead of Expected Judgment in Appeal, Civil Society Organizations Globally Call for the Release of Ahmed Douma
We, the undersigned civil society organizations from across the globe, call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Egyptian activist, poet, and political writer Ahmed Douma. On July 16, 2026, the Fifth Settlement Appellate Misdemeanour Court is expected to issue its judgment in the appeal challenging the one-year prison sentence handed down to […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights Groups Call for Release of Filmmaker Omar Salah Marei and his Immediate Access to Medical Care
We, the undersigned organisations, condemn the continued detention of Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei. We call for his immediate and unconditional release, the dropping of all charges against him, and the closure of Case No. 3835 of 2026 (Supreme State Security). We are gravely concerned over the serious deterioration of Marei’s health, as […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Seven Years Since the Disappearance of Ahmed Hassan: Human Rights Organizations Demand Immediate Disclosure of His Whereabouts
The undersigned organizations express their grave concern regarding the continued lack of information concerning the fate of student Ahmed Hassan, whose whereabouts have remained unknown since April 1, 2019, in the absolute absence of any official response to date. Ahmed Hassan, who was 18 years old at the time of his disappearance, vanished on April […]
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Joint statement
One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This incident constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese law and of Lebanon’s international obligations and reveals a dangerous pattern of transnational repression, in which political complicity enables the transfer of dissidents to states where […]
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Joint statement
Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months. This years-long practice involves targeting relatives inside Egypt of activists, writers, and dissidents living abroad through raids, arrests, and enforced disappearances, in an attempt to pressure or punish […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
The undersigned organizations express their condemnation of the continued persecution and harassment of Egyptian researcher and academic Dr. Taqadum Al-Khatib, who has been living in exile in Germany, following a new arbitrary in absentia decision by the Egyptian authorities to refer him, along with 168 others, to criminal trial in Case No. 29/2025 […]
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