Human Rights Watch
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
World
November 5, 2018
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
China’s first “cyber-dissident” Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment…
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
World
November 1, 2018
N. Korean women face rampant sexual abuse by officials: HRW
North Korean police and other officials prey on women with near-total impunity, a rights group said Thursday, in a rare…
China admits to locking up Uyghurs, but defends Xinjiang crackdown
World
October 16, 2018
China admits to locking up Uyghurs, but defends Xinjiang crackdown
Hong Kong (CNN) ̶ China has fiercely defended an escalating crackdown in the far western province of Xinjiang as necessary…
SIS refutes torture allegations of Egyptian-American driver in HRW report
Egypt
October 14, 2018
SIS refutes torture allegations of Egyptian-American driver in HRW report
The State Information Service (SIS) refuted the Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) report on torturing and sexually assaulting Egyptian-American limousine driver…
Hungary using starvation tactics against asylum-seekers
World
August 22, 2018
Hungary using starvation tactics against asylum-seekers
Hungary is starving some rejected asylum-seekers in transit zones to force them to drop their appeals. Human rights groups worry…
Egypt’s Parliament finalizes approval of Cybercrime Act
Egypt
June 7, 2018
Egypt’s Parliament finalizes approval of Cybercrime Act
Egypt’s Parliament recently approved a draft law submitted by the government to counter cybercrimes; the new act received approval…
Army spokesperson quashes HRW report on random demolition to houses in Sinai
Egypt
May 23, 2018
Army spokesperson quashes HRW report on random demolition to houses in Sinai
Official army spokesperson Tamer al-Refa’ai on Wednesday denied a report released by US-based NGO the Human Right Watch, which…
Egypt to punish ISP’s refraining from blocking websites which ‘threaten national security’
Egypt
April 12, 2018
Egypt to punish ISP’s refraining from blocking websites which ‘threaten national security’
Egypt’s Parliamentary Committee of Communications and Information Technology approved recently Article 31 of the draft-law of the cyber-crime bill that…
Egypt parliament approves 3 articles of draft law legalizing website blocks
Egypt
March 14, 2018
Egypt parliament approves 3 articles of draft law legalizing website blocks
The Egyptian Parliament’s Communication Committee approved on Tuesday three articles of a draft law entitled Countering IT Crime in a move…
Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to suspend ‘arbitrary arrests’ before elections
Egypt
February 27, 2018
Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to suspend ‘arbitrary arrests’ before elections
The New York-based Human Rights watch [HRW] addressed on Monday sharp criticism towards Egyptian government for a series of “arbitrary”…