Ahead of the tenth anniversary of Egypt’s Tahrir Revolution, the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMD) highlighted their 2020 Expert Q&A “Why Did Egyptian Democratization Fail?” In this Q&A, POMD asked fourteen experts to reflect and answer the following question: “Looking back, what in your view was the primary reason for the failure of Egypt’s…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights published a new report detailing Egypt’s deteriorating human rights situation by examining the criminal cases and treatment brought against political prisoners in 2020. “366 Days of Violations” outlines cases of political prisoners that have been unlawfully detained, tortured, and stripped of their right to legal representation. This report also illustrates the…
We join 60 human rights organizations in signing an open letter urging the Egyptian government to release Karim Ennarah, Mohammed Basheer, and Gasser Abdel-Razek. By signing we also stand in solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, one of Egypt’s oldest and most reputable human rights organizations, which has endured an alarming escalation of…
The World Movement joins human rights and press freedom organizations such as EuroMed, RSF, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in denouncing the arrest by Egyptian security forces of Kamal Elbalshy the brother of Khaled Elbalshy, a well-known journalist, editor of Darb news website, and former journalist syndicate leader. His arrest on September 20…