In a new video, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) interviewed four Egyptian human rights activists who are currently living in exile due to their participation in the 2011 democracy movement. The short interviews provide perspectives into the hard decisions and daily challenges these activists face while they continue advocating for human rights while living abroad. To watch,…
The World Movement joined Human Rights Watch and other human rights organizations in a letter calling on Egyptian authorities to stop their continued harassment and detainment of Egyptian human rights activists’ family members. This comes after a concerning pattern of arrests have occurred involving family members of human rights activists living abroad, in what is described as “hostage-like arrests.”…
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights joined more than 100 human rights organizations in a letter calling on governments to establish a mechanism to hold the Egyptian government accountable for their human rights violations in the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council. To read the letter, click here.
Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue (Geneva – February 9, 2021) — Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, more than 100 leading human rights organizations from around the world have warned in a letter to foreign ministers. The groups called on governments to lead and…