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EU: Halt arms transfers to Egypt to stop fueling killings and torture

Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers to Egypt, risking complicity…

May 24, 2016

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Egypt steps up vicious onslaught against NGOs with arrest of minority rights defender

Prominent Egyptian human rights defender, Mina Thabet, Director of the Minority and Religious Groups Department at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms…

May 19, 2016

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Mass arrests in ruthlessly efficient bid to block peaceful protest in Egypt

Security forces arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people in response to planned protests in Egypt yesterday, said Amnesty International, after large…

April 26, 2016

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Teen who challenged torture in Egypt released after more than two years

  The release on bail of Mahmoud Hussein in the early hours of this morning offers a faint glimmer of…

March 25, 2016

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Student imprisoned in Egypt for wearing anti-torture T-shirt hours away from release

Egypt’s authorities must expedite the release of a 20-year-old prisoner of conscience who has spent more than two years in…

March 22, 2016

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Egypt: Planned asset freezes are government’s latest tool to eradicate civil society

The Egyptian authorities are expected to freeze the assets of two prominent human rights defenders and their family members tomorrow…

March 18, 2016

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…

February 22, 2016

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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…

February 18, 2016

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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…

February 18, 2016

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Egypt: Authorities order closure of renowned torture rehabilitation center

Moves by the authorities to shut down the renowned El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence appear to…

February 17, 2016

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Appeals court in Egypt upholds prison sentence for five activists including poet Ahmed Said

Today’s appeals court ruling upholding a two-year prison sentence for five activists, who were convicted of allegedly taking part in…

January 27, 2016

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20-year-old in Egypt marks two years in jail for anti-torture t-shirt

The continued detention of Mahmoud Hussein, a 20-year-old student who has spent more than two years in jail without charge…

January 26, 2016