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Cairo rejects UN Secretary General’s statement on ‘foreign-funding’ case
Egypt
April 20, 2016
Cairo rejects UN Secretary General’s statement on ‘foreign-funding’ case
Egypt has expressed its rejection of any remarks or statements seeking to intervene in the work of its judiciary.This came…
UN experts decry Egypt’s crackdown on NGOs and human rights
Egypt
April 12, 2016
UN experts decry Egypt’s crackdown on NGOs and human rights
Egypt is closing down domestic non-governmental organisations and putting travel bans on their staff in order to obstruct scrutiny of…
UN, NGOs express fear for rights groups in Egypt
Egypt
March 24, 2016
UN, NGOs express fear for rights groups in Egypt
The United Nations and global rights groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty urged Egypt on Wednesday to drop a…
Court mulls freezing activists’ funds, new judicial crackdown on NGOs imminent
Egypt
March 18, 2016
Court mulls freezing activists’ funds, new judicial crackdown on NGOs imminent
The Cairo Criminal Court will rule on Saturday on a decision by investigators to freeze the assets of two renowned…
Social Solidarity Ministry opens foreign NGO surveillance unit
Egypt
March 17, 2016
Social Solidarity Ministry opens foreign NGO surveillance unit
The Social Solidarity Ministry has announced the opening of a special unit for observing and assessing the work of foreign…
Anti-torture NGO closure ‘unconscionable’: HRW
Egypt
February 18, 2016
Anti-torture NGO closure ‘unconscionable’: HRW
Human Rights Watch has slammed Egyptian authorities for deciding to close down an NGO assisting victims of torture over unspecified…
Egypt to shut prominent NGO that documents alleged rights abuses: security sources
Egypt
February 18, 2016
Egypt to shut prominent NGO that documents alleged rights abuses: security sources
Egyptian authorities have ordered the closure of a prominent local non-governmental organisation that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats…
Citing security restrictions, German think-tank pulls out of Egypt
Egypt
January 21, 2016
Citing security restrictions, German think-tank pulls out of Egypt
A well-known German think tank says it is moving its Mideast operations out of Egypt, maintaining that ever-stricter government restrictions…
Sixteen NGOs condemn violation of personal rights in the media
Egypt
December 18, 2015
Sixteen NGOs condemn violation of personal rights in the media
Sixteen human rights organizations issued a statement condemning spyware and calling for stopping spying acts after Sada al-Balad presenter Ahmed…
NGOs slam security violations on world human rights day
Egypt
December 10, 2015
NGOs slam security violations on world human rights day
A group of Egyptian NGOs slammed human rights violations by Egypt’s Interior Ministry, which saw a number of citizens subjected…