Human Rights Organizations
Rights groups call for govt to form minorities watchdog
Egypt
January 19, 2011
Rights groups call for govt to form minorities watchdog
Fourteen Egyptian human rights organizations on Wednesday called on the government to form an independent committee that includes minority groups…
Rights groups express concern over escalating media crackdown
Egypt
October 13, 2010
Rights groups express concern over escalating media crackdown
Egyptian and international human rights organizations on Wednesday expressed concerns over what they called a "systematic crackdown" on opposition voices…
Boutros-Ghali calls for end to emergency law
Egypt
December 15, 2009
Boutros-Ghali calls for end to emergency law
Head of the National Human Rights Council and former United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali renewed calls on Sunday for…
Thinking human rights in Egypt
Egypt
December 13, 2009
Thinking human rights in Egypt
Representatives from international bodies, local organizations, and the Egyptian government gathered Thursday to commemorate Human Rights Day at an event…
Report blames police states, Obama, Salafism for region’s rights woes
Egypt
December 9, 2009
Report blames police states, Obama, Salafism for region’s rights woes
US-allied Arab regimes remain wedded to a broad array of repressive laws that serve to undermine basic liberties, a leading…
Rights groups call Egypt “police state”
Egypt
December 2, 2009
Rights groups call Egypt “police state”
At a seminar held Wednesday, a group of 16 independent human rights organizations released a report in which they described…
Sectarian tensions
Egypt
October 31, 2009
Sectarian tensions
Coptic delegations and human rights organizations met with members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) to present documents calling for…