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egypt
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Egypt: Rights Groups Call for The Release of Filmmaker Omar Salah Marei and Access to Medical Care
We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the continued detention of Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei. We call for his immediate and unconditional…
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15 Years After the Egyptian Revolution: Sisi Persists in Misleading the Public
On the 15th anniversary of the January Revolution, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi continues, with remarkable persistence, to justify the past and invoke behind-the-scenes events…
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Can Canada call Egypt an “ally” while ignoring its record of repression?
On November 23, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, met with Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, in South Africa during the G20…
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Palestinians in Egypt: From Genocide to Legal Marginalization
When the night settles and its noise fades, and Ghada sits by her window watching Cairo’s lights, she recalls the defining moment between homeland…
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Proxy Punishment: Egyptian Authorities Target Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Right Defenders
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified…
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Egypt: Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
The undersigned organizations express their condemnation of the continued persecution and harassment of Egyptian researcher and academic Dr. Taqadum Al-Khatib, who has been living…
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Egypt’s Diplomatic Missions Weaponized as transnational repression tool
We strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools of transnational repression against peaceful protesters abroad. A recently leaked recording of…
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Egyptian Authorities Should Stop Targeting Minors Over Online Gaming Activity
Egyptian Authorities Should Stop Targeting Minors Over Online Gaming Activity We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Egyptian security services’ targeting of minors…
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Ongoing Harassment of Lina Attalah and Escalating Crackdown on Mada Masr and Independent Journalism in Egypt
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating independent media platforms in Egypt. The…
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200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200…
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Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 prison as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect
The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where…
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Rights Groups Warn Against Designating Egypt as a Safe Country of Origin
The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a Union-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and to include…