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Egypt: Court punishes activists for challenging al-Sisi
Prison sentences aim at deterring peaceful dissent.
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Egypt: Alarming new law expands military power amid fears of popular unrest
The law further transforms the military into a police force to suppress potential public discontent.
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Egypt: Authorities must stop targeting independent news website Mada Masr
The persistent targeting of Mada Masr and its staff is indicative of the Egyptian authorities’ systematic prosecution and detainment of journalists.
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah – An urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The prominent activist has spent much of the past decade imprisoned in Egypt for his writing and activism.
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Egypt: Targeting of Al-Tantawy underscores illegitimacy of upcoming elections
Rights groups reaffirm the impossibility of holding genuine elections amid a repressive climate.
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Egypt: Sentencing of Hesham Kassem confirms National Dialogue is a farce, warn rights groups
Egyptian authorities clearly remain committed to their zero-tolerance policy towards dissent.
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Egypt: Recent arbitrary practices show no intent to improve human rights situation
Detention of journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada’s father reflects the growing trend of authorities targeting families of dissident critics.
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Egypt: Armed clashes in Sinai raise questions about security situation amid media blackout
Pressing authorities for facts, rights groups call for an end to decade-long ban on media coverage in Sinai.
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Egypt’s worst decade for human rights
The government’s counter-terrorism architecture has been used to consolidate authoritarianism and crush peaceful dissent.
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Egypt: Rights groups condemn latest blocking of news websites
The continued blocking of websites exacerbates violations against the right to free media and access to information.
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Egypt: Poet Galal El-Behairy is at risk after 80 days on hunger strike
PEN International believes the jailed poet is being targeted for his writings critical of Egyptian authorities.
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Egypt adds human rights defenders to new terrorism lists after launch of ‘national dialogue’
Authorities use terrorism lists as a tool to suppress citizens’ freedom of expression and association, rights groups say.
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Egypt: 32 human rights groups condemn the referral of ‘Mada Masr’ journalists to trial
IFEX joins calls for authorities to drop charges against journalists and halt independent media crackdown.
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Egypt: Harsh sentences against rights activists
29 members of an independent rights group sentenced to between five years and life in prison for their peaceful activism.