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Egypt’s cassation court refuses appeal in 2011 NGO foreign funding case
Egypt

Egypt’s cassation court refuses appeal in 2011 NGO foreign funding case

Egypt’s Court of Cassation refused the appeal of 16 defendants in the foreign funding case that dates back to 2011.…
Egyptian lawyer banned from travel wins prestigious rights defenders award
Egypt

Egyptian lawyer banned from travel wins prestigious rights defenders award

Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, Mohamed Zaree, has been awarded the most prestigious awards granted to human rights defenders,…
Aya Hegazy announces plans to establish Belady in US, prioritizing child political prisoners
Egypt

Aya Hegazy announces plans to establish Belady in US, prioritizing child political prisoners

Egyptian-American activist, Aya Hegazy, said she will be re-establishing the Belady Foundation from the United States, this time focusing on…
Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law
Middle East

Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law

Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims. The repeal of…
Number of blocked websites in Egypt reaches 133: AFTE
Egypt

Number of blocked websites in Egypt reaches 133: AFTE

Six more websites were blocked Sunday evening in Egypt, raising the total number of barred sites to 133. The additional sites included…
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
Egypt

Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified on Monday a new law that is set to regulate the work of non-governmental organizations…
Egyptian lawyer banned from travel nominated for prestigious rights defenders award
Egypt

Egyptian lawyer banned from travel nominated for prestigious rights defenders award

Egypt’s Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Mohamed Zaree, is among three finalists nominated for the 2017…
NGO reports 92 hacking attempts to activists, NGOs emails
Egypt

NGO reports 92 hacking attempts to activists, NGOs emails

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) recorded over 92 hacking attempts of personal and institutional emails of civil society…
Challenging government, Egypt’s parliament approves ‘repressive’ NGO bill
Egypt

Challenging government, Egypt’s parliament approves ‘repressive’ NGO bill

Egypt's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to regulate non-governmental organizations in a move human rights groups say effectively bans…
Center: No progress in govt information transparency
Egypt

Center: No progress in govt information transparency

The Egyptian government has made no progress in showing transparency of information in 2015, an information technology freedoms center has…
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