Items related to National Council for Human Rights

NCHR: Children suffering under security void
MENA 23 Apr 2013
  The head of the National Council for Human Rights said Tuesday that children's rights must be better...
April 6 hunger strikes to demand activists' release
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Apr 2013
Thirty members of the April 6 Youth Movement declared a hunger strike on Thursday evening in protest against the...
File photo of Hossam al-Gheriany, newly-appointed president of cassation court and supreme council of judiciary
NCHR: No civilians held in CSF camp
Al-Masry Al-Youm
MENA
25 Feb 2013
A National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) fact-finding committee concluded that no civilians were held in a Central...
Vigils in 35 countries condemn harassment of Egyptian women
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Feb 2013
Scores of people held a vigil in Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo Tuesday, denouncing what they called “...
Women's group: Authorities "blame" victims of sexual assault
Egypt Independent 12 Feb 2013
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights condemned Tuesday comments made by the Shura Council and National Council...
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy talking with Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr during summit of Organization of Islamic Conference in Cairo, 6 February 2013.
Thursday’s papers: Islamic summit overshadows human rights council report
Dalia Rabie 07 Feb 2013
The National Council of Human Rights’ stark report on clashes that broke out following the second anniversary of...
Riot forces arresting boy during ongoing clashes at Simon Bolivar Square, Cairo, 30 January 2013.
NCHR reveals stark statistics following violent clashes
Egypt Independent 06 Feb 2013
The National Council for Human Rights reported Wednesday that 56 people had died and more than 2,000 more had been...
 A group of women crowd around the station where they will receive their ballots to vote on the Constitutional Referendum inside the Engineering Collage polling station in Shubra.
Govt human rights body calls for investigating referendum violations
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Dec 2012
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Tuesday called on the authorities to investigate violations and...
State observers refer 350 complaints over referendum to elections commission
Egypt Independent 16 Dec 2012
The National Council for Human Rights said it recorded 437 complaints in its final report on the first round of the...
US Congress delegation monitors presidential elections, Dokki, Giza, 23 May, 2012. Voting will take place on 23 and 24 May. Around 50 million voters will choose the new president from among 13 presidential candidates.
Carter Center says won't supervise constitutional referendum
Egypt Independent 13 Dec 2012
The Carter Center said on Thursday it would not send observers during the constitutional referendum scheduled for 15...