Human Rights
Egyptian prisons overcrowded, says rights group to president
Egypt
December 31, 2014
Egyptian prisons overcrowded, says rights group to president
A Cairo-based human rights organization has urged the presidency to intervene immediately to resolve the problem of high density in…
Center: Egypt duped international community on domestic rights abuses
Egypt
December 9, 2014
Center: Egypt duped international community on domestic rights abuses
Egypt has possibly succeeded in deceiving the international community concerning its domestic human rights conditions, an Egypt-based organization promoting free…
Freedom House: Egypt down in freedom ranking for 2013-2014
Egypt
December 7, 2014
Freedom House: Egypt down in freedom ranking for 2013-2014
Egypt’s declined in the 2014 freedom ranking conducted by Freedom House, a US-based observer of world human rights statuses, designated…
UN voices concern over soaring human rights violations in Egypt
Egypt
December 2, 2014
UN voices concern over soaring human rights violations in Egypt
The United Nations human rights body has voiced concern over increased violations of human rights in Egypt and the lack…
Human rights organizations and the government, 29 years of cat and mouse game
Egypt
November 18, 2014
Human rights organizations and the government, 29 years of cat and mouse game
By the end of 1984, torture in places of detention returned strongly after a hiatus of just a few months,…
Orabi: Review of human rights situation in Egypt satisfactory
Egypt
November 5, 2014
Orabi: Review of human rights situation in Egypt satisfactory
Mohamed al-Orabi, former foreign minister and member of the Egyptian delegation in the meeting of the International Council on Human…
Rights group suspends work, cites ‘unfavorable environment’
Egypt
November 5, 2014
Rights group suspends work, cites ‘unfavorable environment’
A human rights group has halted its activities starting Tuesday due to what it described as persecution and media attacks…
The Geneva timing
Opinion
November 4, 2014
The Geneva timing
The meeting of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva tomorrow comes at an awkward timing because the prevailing…
Foreign Ministry expects ‘false’, politicized comments on Egypt’s human rights report in Geneva
Egypt
November 3, 2014
Foreign Ministry expects ‘false’, politicized comments on Egypt’s human rights report in Geneva
The Egyptian delegation participating in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) that will take place on Tuesday at the United Nations…
Tehran court jails Iranian-British woman over volleyball match protest
World
November 2, 2014
Tehran court jails Iranian-British woman over volleyball match protest
An Iranian-British woman who took part in a demonstration in Tehran against a ban on women attending some men's sporting…