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Press Release
Egypt: Lift Travel Bans Imposed on Two Human Rights Lawyers
Amnesty International calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately lift the travel bans imposed against prominent human rights lawyers Nasser…
July 9, 2024
Press Release
Egypt: Release Protesters and Activists Detained Over Palestine Solidarity
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all those arbitrarily detained solely for independent activism in solidarity with Palestine…
June 14, 2024
Press Release
Waiving Restrictions on U.S. Military Assistance to Egypt Risks U.S. Complicity in Human Rights Abuses
Responding to reported deliberations by the Biden administration on invoking a national security waiver to release $300 million of restricted…
August 23, 2021
Press Release
Executives of surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies indicted for complicity in torture
Responding to the news that four executives of French surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies have been indicted for complicity…
June 22, 2021
Press Release
Launch of Mustafa Kassem Fellowship in Memory of U.S. Citizen Who Died in Egyptian Prison
Amnesty International USA is launching the Mustafa Kassem Fellowship named after the detained U.S. citizen who died in an Egyptian…
February 11, 2021
Report
Death penalty 2019: Global executions fell by 5%, hitting a 10-year low
Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite an overall decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International said…
April 20, 2020
Press Release
Workshop for media featuring Nazanin Boniadi and the Middle East Institute will examine COVID-19 impact on the Middle East and North Africa
As part of a series of workshops exploring human rights concerns related to the COVID-19 response, Amnesty International USA will…
April 7, 2020
Press Release
Write For Rights: Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign Championing Youth Activists
Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights…
November 17, 2019
Press Release
World Leaders Must Act To Stop Egyptian President al-Sisi’s Repressive Crackdown
Ahead of further protests expected on Friday, world leaders must confront President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and utterly condemn the crackdown…
September 24, 2019
Press Release
Mass Hunger Strike at al-Aqrab Prison Over Denial of Family Visits and Dire Conditions
The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security…
July 31, 2019
Press Release
Egypt: Series of draconian laws ‘legalizes’ unprecedented repression six years since fall of Morsi
The Egyptian authorities are attempting to normalize human rights violations by passing a series of laws to “legalize” their escalating…
July 2, 2019
Press Release
Authorities in Egypt must order immediate investigation into death of former President Mohamed Morsi
Responding to the news of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death in custody today Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the…
June 17, 2019