Human Rights Watch (HRW)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slams Egypt
Egypt
September 12, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slams Egypt
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein slammed the human rights situation in Egypt, during his opening…
HRW: Israel and Egypt deny aid workers access to Gaza
Middle East
April 3, 2017
HRW: Israel and Egypt deny aid workers access to Gaza
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel, Egypt and Hamas of systematically preventing rights workers from investigating abuses in the Gaza…
Egypt slams Amnesty International, HRW reports on cathedral blast
Egypt
December 15, 2016
Egypt slams Amnesty International, HRW reports on cathedral blast
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry denounced the statements by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued in the wake of the…
Serious abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison: HWR
Egypt
September 29, 2016
Serious abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison: HWR
Human Rights Watch has called on the Interior Ministry to end violations committed against prisoners in Al-Aqrab maximum security prison,…
Congo death toll hits 44 in anti-Kabila unrest: rights group
World
September 21, 2016
Congo death toll hits 44 in anti-Kabila unrest: rights group
At least 44 people — including 37 demonstrators and six police officers — have been killed in protests over Congolese…
HRW urges parliament to review ‘abusive’ laws
Egypt
January 12, 2016
HRW urges parliament to review ‘abusive’ laws
US-based Human Rights Watch has urged Egypt’s House of Representatives, which held its inaugural session on Sunday, to review what…
Tunisia to allow mother, child travel without father’s approval
Middle East
November 18, 2015
Tunisia to allow mother, child travel without father’s approval
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Thursday, November 12, praising steps taken by the Tunisian government that will…
Egypt rejects HRW call for UN probe into protest deaths
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Egypt rejects HRW call for UN probe into protest deaths
Egypt hit back Saturday at a call by Human Rights Watch for an international investigation into the killing of hundreds of…
Rights groups criticize Egypt over 2013 bloody crackdown
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Rights groups criticize Egypt over 2013 bloody crackdown
International rights groups said Friday the Egyptian government has failed to hold officials accountable two years after one of the…
HRW: Govt-approved changes jeopardize fair trials
Egypt
March 23, 2015
HRW: Govt-approved changes jeopardize fair trials
Recent amendments approved by the Egyptian government to the rules governing the summoning of witnesses to courtrooms could threaten the…