Human Rights

Rights group: New draft laws restrict freedoms as under Mubarak
Egypt

Rights group: New draft laws restrict freedoms as under Mubarak

The government still drafts laws to restrict the rights and freedoms of citizens like under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the…
Activists outraged over ministry’s stance on hitting students
Egypt

Activists outraged over ministry’s stance on hitting students

Education Minister Ibrahim Ghoneim should be tried for inciting violence in schools and violating student rights, said education and human rights…
Police torture continues in Meit Ghamr case says Amnesty
Egypt

Police torture continues in Meit Ghamr case says Amnesty

  Cases of torture in police stations continue in Egypt despite an uprising that ostensibly began against police brutality, Amnesty…
Interior Ministry reaches out to rights groups
Egypt

Interior Ministry reaches out to rights groups

After the outbreak of the January 2011 revolution, the Interior Ministry began a new era based on respect for fundamental…
UN panel spotlights disappearances in Pakistani province
World

UN panel spotlights disappearances in Pakistani province

For years, human rights groups had hoped that Western governments might lead an international outcry over a little-known epidemic of…
Quality of police forces will improve soon, promises interior minister
Egypt

Quality of police forces will improve soon, promises interior minister

  Egyptian citizens can expect a major change in the quality of Interior Ministry personnel soon, Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal…
Tunisian activists allege detainee was tortured to death
World

Tunisian activists allege detainee was tortured to death

Radhia Nasraoui, head of the Tunisian Association Against Torture, denounced on Monday the death of a man who died in…
Religious freedom in Egypt ‘quite tenuous,’ says Clinton
Egypt

Religious freedom in Egypt ‘quite tenuous,’ says Clinton

WASHINGTON — Religious freedom in Egypt appears to be "quite tenuous" and its government has failed to aggressively prosecute perpetrators of…
Human Rights Watch: Morsy must halt military trials of civilians
Egypt

Human Rights Watch: Morsy must halt military trials of civilians

Human Rights Watch urged President Mohamed Morsy to immediately end military trials of civilians in a report Sunday.
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