Following the rise in the number of patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Egyptian authorities have taken significant, large-scale measures in order to limit the spread of the virus. These include imposing a curfew on citizens for a specified number […]
Cairo, 17 May, 2020 The undersigned organizations call for dropping the charges against Lina Atallah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr website, who was detained on Sunday afternoon, while she was in the area designated for citizens outside the Tora Prison […]
During the period from 1 May to 15 May, ANHRI’s Trade Unions, Labor Protests and Social Movements Monitoring Center monitored 9 labor and professional protest movements in addition to 6 social protests. Despite the individual nature of the protests took […]
Organisations which support human rights, press freedom and journalists are calling on United Nations mechanisms and member states to help save the lives of four Yemeni journalists who were sentenced to death in April 2020 in the capital Sana’a on […]
The Egyptian government’s exploitation of the coronavirus pandemic to amend the Emergency Law (Law 162 of 1958) is condemned by the undersigned independent rights organizations. The amendments, ratified on Thursday May 7th by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, permanently introduce military […]
May 5, 2020 Amid widespread calls to reduce the country’s prison population in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian government has instead embarked on countrywide state security raids throughout the last two months, arresting dozens and adding even […]
4 May 2020 The undersigned rights organizations reiterate our demand for the immediate release of persons held in pretrial detention, especially prisoners of conscience. 24- year-old director and filmmaker Shady Habash died on May 2nd in Cairo’s Tora Prison as […]
Cairo: 3 May 2020 On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, which marks today, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announces the release of its annual report on the state of freedom of expression and freedom of […]
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger. Alaa has been on a hunger strike for over two […]
The signatory human rights organizations denounce the exclusion of prisoners of conscience from the April 14th pardon issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Persons including peaceful opposition politicians, human rights defenders, journalists, and lawyers are ineligible for the pardon while […]
Joint statement We, the undersigned Egyptian political and civil society organizations, strongly condemn the decision issued on April 18 to include Zyad Elelaimy, former MP and leader within the Egyptian Democratic Party, as well as Ramy Shaath, political activist and […]
The repercussions of social-distancing measures carried out by the Egyptian authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus have continued to affect the labor and social protest movements. Some social protests also pointed to the lack of sufficient access to […]
Cairo: 19 April 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemns the ruling issued by Cairo Criminal Court to place leftist lawyer and former MP Zyad al-Elaimy on the terrorism list for a period of five years, […]
Since 2011 more than 180 health workers were killed under torture in the detention centers of the Syrian government, in addition to over 500 attacks on health facilities in Syria, more than 90% of them by the forces of the […]
Cairo: 7 April 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announced today the release of its first quarterly report of 2020 on the “state of the democratic path in Egypt”. The report, issued by the Lawyers for Democracy […]
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has dominated citizens’ attention in Egypt and the whole world. During the past 15 days, ANHRI’s Trade Unions, Labor Protests and Social Movements Monitoring Center has documented at least 8 labor and professional protests, including 4 labor protests […]
Cairo: 29 March 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said today that the National Security Agency followed a strict police approach during the arrest of human rights lawyer Mohsen Bahnasi yesterday (Friday). First, during his interrogation, […]
Fears of a COVID-19 Pandemic in Syrian Detention Centers The conditions of incarceration in the detention facilities of the Syrian government pose a great danger to the lives of the detainees, who number approximately 90212. This number has been confirmed […]
Cairo: 22 March 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released today a report about lawyers imprisoned in Egypt because of their work in defending prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, or because of voicing their views. These […]
Cairo: 17 March 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) calls upon the Public Prosecutor, Counselor Hamada El-Sawy, to use his powers to release the “prisoners of conscience” who are being held in pretrial detention, though they didn’t […]
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) is launching today a research paper entitled “Pretrial detainees’ rights between what is supposed to happen and what really happens”. The paper monitors the discrepancy between the rights of those held in […]
Cairo: 5 March 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) released today a position paper to explain the state bodies’ contrasting treatment between the two former presidents of Egypt; Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak, since their overthrow till […]
Open Letter from Over 50 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE authorities 24 February 2020 As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens on 25-28 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities […]
Cairo: 24 February 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned the governor of Mecca Khaled al-Faisal’s ordering the arrest of the video production team of “Bint Mecca” or “Girl of Mecca” song that went viral on […]
Cairo: 23 February 2020 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned the decision issued by the Court of First Instance in Essaouira on Thursday, February 20, to block the “Asdaa Essaouira” (Echoes of Essaouira) Facebook page, alleging […]