Human Rights Organizations

Rights groups call for govt to form minorities watchdog
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sectarian tensions

Coptic delegations and human rights organizations met with members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) to present documents calling for…
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