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Joint statement
Joint Statement: Egyptian authorities must end arbitrary detentions and forced deportations of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers.
The undersigned organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately stop the serious abuses against Sudanese seeking refuge in Egypt. After issuing Decree No. 3326 of 2023, end of August 2023, authorities have arrested and detained Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in inhumane conditions, subjected them to unfair trials, and forcibly returned them to Sudan in […]
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Letter
HuMENA and +20 human rights organizations urge the leaders of Belgium, Greece, Italy, and the EU to promote human rights and ensure justice and sustainability in relations with Egypt.
To the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, We, undersigned civil society organizations, contact you ahead of your visit to his Excellency the President of Egypt, Mr Abdel-Fattah el Sisi, to urge you to take […]
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Joint statement
Thirteen Years After Mubarak’s Ouster, Unprecedented Repression and Economic Instability in Egypt
Thirteen years after Egyptians courageously took to the streets and forced the autocratic president Hosni Mubarak to step down after nearly three decades in power, we, the undersigned organizations, express our unceasing solidarity with the Egyptian people’s unmet demands for “bread, freedom, and social justice.” Amid ongoing political repression and a deepening economic crisis, we […]
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Joint statement
Joint statement: Egyptian and international civil society organizations call for Badr Mohamed’s immediate release
The Egyptian authorities must immediately release Badr Mohamed, who was unjustly convicted in January 2023 in connection to protests and sentenced to five years in prison after a grossly unfair trial, said the undersigned civil society organizations. Badr Mohamed was first arrested on 16 August 2013, when he was just 17 years old, during the […]
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Joint statement
EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of strategic partnership with Egypt
14 NGOs urge the EU and its Member States to prioritize accountability and human rights reforms in ongoing negotiations for an EU strategic partnership with Egypt, notably regarding the overall framework of the deal, provision of financial support, and migration and security cooperation. If the EU fails to address Egypt’s human rights and accountability crisis, […]
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Letter
Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
23 November 2023 Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 34 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the recent submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) filed on behalf of the award-winning writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian citizen. On […]
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Joint statement
Turkey: Release stateless activist Ghada Naguib and refrain from deporting her to Egypt
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the detention of political activist Ghada Naguib by Turkish authorities, the wife of opposition figure Hisham Abdullah. We call for her immediate and unconditional release, urging the Turkish authorities to immediately refrain from deporting her to Egypt. The organizations emphasize that any improvement in relations between Egypt and Turkey […]
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Joint statement
Egypt after the Rabaa Massacre: Ten years of repression, collective punishment, and impunity
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Rabaa massacre, 26 organizations express their condolences to the families who lost loved ones peacefully opposing the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi and reiterate their calls for accountability and justice. A decade ago, on August 14, 2013 under the direct orders of Egypt’s current president – […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | HuMENA and +40 CSOs Condemn Sentencing of Egyptian Academic and Researcher Patrick George Zaki
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and academic Patrick George Zaki for his writings highlighting the hardship and discrimination faced by Coptic Christians in Egypt, such as himself. On July 18, 2023, following a trial […]
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Letter
HuMENA and rights groups calling on UN mechanisms to intervene to stop violations of freedom of assembly in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Several human rights organizations, including HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, have called on United Nations mechanisms to intervene to halt grave violations of the right to peaceful assembly in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. They emphasized the need to take all necessary measures to address these violations and ensure that these countries […]
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Joint statement
10 Years After Council Conclusions, EU States Must Finally Halt Arms Transfers To Egypt And Uphold Accountability
Brussels, 28 June 2023 The signatory organizations denounce the role of EU-manufactured arms systems in internal repression and human rights violations in Egypt, and call on the competent EU institutions to join our request for transparency and a halt to arms transfers to Egypt addressed at all EU member states, in line with criterion No.2.2 […]
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Letter
NGOs letter to the French President: call for a new approach in relations with Egypt regarding human rights
June 20, 2023 NGOs letter to the French President: call for a new approach in relations with Egypt regarding human rights Your Excellency President Emmanuel Macron, In light of Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi’s expected attendance of the 22-23 June, 2023 Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, we are writing […]
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