CNN — Egypt has arrested three employees of a leading domestic human rights group, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). The crackdown came after EIPR staff met with Western ambassadors ...

The Egyptian-British human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been pardoned after almost six years in jail in ...

(Beirut) – Tens of thousands of refugee and asylum-seeking children in Egypt are out of school, in many cases due to significant bureaucratic registration barriers and a lack of free, publicly ...

Alaa Abd El-Fattah is considered to be among the most high-profile political prisoners held in Egypt's prisons.

The decision by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt not to sign a flawed Criminal Procedure Code and to send it back to ...

Despite the dismissal of charges in the long-running NGO foreign funding case, human rights defenders continue to face ongoing persecution. This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 21 ...

Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and ...

Activists in Egypt call for stronger global action to challenge the government's repression and ensure meaningful reforms that address the ongoing suppression of fundamental freedoms. This statement ...

A coalition of human rights organizations released a joint statement on Friday calling on the Egyptian government to stop the recent targeting and retaliation against human rights lawyers. The ...

Egypt has laid the groundwork to improve human rights according to two NGOs. “Steps Ahead”, a recent report by the Arab Network for Digital Media and Human Rights (ANDMHR), recommends amending laws ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has launched a new crackdown on human rights groups, questioning staff and ordering asset freezes over accusations they took foreign funding to destabilize the country after ...