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Joint statement
Egypt | In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents
The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the verdict issued in absentia on 14 May 2025 by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanor Court, sentencing prominent publisher and political dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison with labor and ordering him to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds. The sentence stems from charges of defamation, slander, and […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect
The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where conditions are rapidly deteriorating and prisoners are deprived of their most basic rights. Occurring amid a near total absence of transparency and accountability, these ongoing abuses clearly violate the Egyptian Constitution, […]
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Letter
Call on UK to lead international action on Egypt at UN Human Rights Council
A coalition of 25 UK, Egyptian and international organisations have called on British Foreign Secretary David Lammy to use the UN Human Rights Council to draw attention to the pronounced human rights crisis in Egypt. Doing so would support arbitrarily imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the groups said. In a letter published today, as […]
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Letter
Joint Letter to Secretary Rubio Urgently Calls on United States to Help Secure Release of Ahmed Kamel
The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urgently request the Trump administration to help secure the immediate release of Ahmed Kamel from detention in Saudi Arabia, where he faces imminent extradition to Egypt on bogus charges. Extraditing Kamel […]
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Joint statement
Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi’s Fate, Demand His Release, and Call for Accountability for the UAE and Lebanon for His Physical and Mental Safety
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the disappearance of journalist and poet Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi since January 8, 2025, following his boarding of a private plane bound for Abu Dhabi. This deportation was carried out in execution of a decision by the Lebanese Council of Ministers to extradite him to the UAE, based […]
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Letter
Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi
The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, and Members of Congress, We are writing to call on you to take urgent action to prevent the extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef […]
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Joint statement
Call for Urgent Action | Lebanon Must Protect Abdel Rahman Youssef and Refuse His Deportation to the Unknown
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, express our strong condemnation of the detention of poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi by Lebanese authorities on December 28, 2024, based on a security cooperation memorandum with the Egyptian authorities. This action represents a grave and alarming example of transnational repression, a systematic practice used to silence dissenting voices […]
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Joint statement
Egypt: Lift punitive measures against EIPR staff
The Egyptian government must immediately lift the arbitrary travel bans and asset freezes imposed upon three directors of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), a prominent Egyptian human rights organisation, solely for their legitimate human rights work, a coalition of 34 rights groups said today, four years after the men were released from prison […]
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Joint statement
#FreeAhmedKamel: Saudi Arabia must NOT extradite peaceful protester to Egypt, where he would face torture
We, the undersigned organisations, urge the authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia not to deport Ahmed Fathi Kamal Kamel to Egypt, where he would be at high risk of being subjected to torture and other human rights violations. An extradition would constitute a violation of the principle of non-refoulement enshrined in article 3 of the […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Six Years of Arbitrary Detention… Call for the Immediate Release of Hoda Abdelmonem and Dropping of Fabricated Charges
The “FreeHoda” campaign and the undersigned organisations condemn the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmonem, who has been detained for six years. We denounce the re-fabrication of charges against her in a new case after she completed her previous sentence for similar accusations, and call for her immediate release due […]
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Joint statement
Egypt: Forcibly disappeared for 2000 days, student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa’s fate must be disclosed
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the continued disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, for more than 2000 days to date. The organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately disclose Mustafa’s fate and inform his family and lawyer of the place and conditions of his detention, and investigate all complaints and […]
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Press release
Justice Denied: Alaa Abdelfatah’s Sentence Ends, But His Freedom Doesn’t Begin
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement urgently demands the release of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdelfatah, whose unjust imprisonment has been extended despite completing his sentence. Alaa’s mother, Laila Soueif, has begun a hunger strike in protest, refusing to eat until her son is freed. Alaa, a symbol of Egypt’s revolution and ongoing struggle for human rights, […]
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