Joint Press Releases

Criminal Justice | New “Peaceful Assembly” Bill Undermines Egyptians’ Right to Demonstrate, Legitimizes Murder

The undersigned organizations express their deep dismay with the proposed law on the regulation of the right to public meetings,…

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Special Report | New Report Brings Economic & Social Rights Deficits to Attention of UN

Almost three years have passed since the people of Egypt rose up against the autocratic regime of President Hosni Mubarak,…

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Criminal Justice | Rights Organizations Condemn Military Verdicts Against Civilians in Suez, Call for Retrial

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, and…

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Speech | Condemnation of 5-Year Sentence on Writer Karam Saber over Story Book

46 Arabic Human Rights Organizations Demand Dropping All Charges against Karam Saber, and the Unfair Five-Year Sentence On Account of…

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The Path to Justice & Reforms Necessitates A Law on Union Freedoms

Egyptian Civil Society Organizations Call for Guaranteeing the Right to Organize Unions The proposed bill for a law on “Workers…

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Human Rights Organizations Express Concern Over Detention of Dozens Syrians & Palestinian Refugees

Human Rights Organizations Express Concern Over the Detention of Dozens of Syrians and Palestinian Refugees Holding Syrian Documents in Alexandria…

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Non-Peaceful Assembly Does Not Justify Collective Punishment

Non-peaceful assembly does not justify collective punishment Rights groups condemn lethal violence against those in sit-in and terrorist acts of…

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Egyptian Human Rights Organizations on Dispersing Rabaa Al-Adawiya & Al-Nahda Sit-Ins

Following the decision by the council of ministers on 31 July 2013 to take all necessary measures to deal with…

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Independent Unions And Human Rights Groups Reject Army’s Attack On Suez Steel Workers

We Reject the Army’s Attack on Suez Steel Workers and Demand the Immediate Release of those Detained * It has…

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Impartial Investigation Necessary before Egypt Spirals into Violence

The undersigned organizations express their deep regret and strong condemnation of the excessive force used by army and security forces…

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