Despite the lifting of Egypt’s state of emergency, at least 36 men remain at risk of execution following convictions by grossly unfair emergency courts.
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Egypt: End National Security Agency’s web of fear controlling activists’ lives
Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA), which specializes in policing terrorism and political cases, is increasingly using a well-honed pattern of unlawful summons, coercive questioning that amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and excessive monitoring/probation measures against human rights defenders and political activists, in an attempt to harass and intimidate them into silence, destroying …
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Australia must condemn Egypt after nine Ramadan executions
Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the Egyptian government’s decision to go forward with the execution of nine people, including an 82-year-old man, on 26 April this year. Amnesty International’s recently released annual report on death sentences and executions for 2020 saw Egypt as the third most frequent executioner internationally (following China and Iran), with …
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Egypt: State Security Prosecution operating as a ‘sinister tool of repression’
A new report published by Amnesty International exposes how Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) is routinely misusing counter-terror legislation to prosecute thousands of peaceful critics and suspend guarantees to fair trial. The report, Permanent State of Exception, reveals how the SSSP, a special branch of the Public Prosecution responsible for investigating national security threats, …
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Egypt: Unprecedented mass arrests designed to send message that protests will be crushed
Over the past 12 days the Egyptian authorities have launched the biggest crackdown under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rule, rounding up more than 2,300 people, Amnesty International. There have been sweeping arrests of peaceful protesters, as well as more targeted arrests of human rights lawyers, journalists, political activists and politicians. At least 111 children have …
Egypt: At least 19 arrested in alarming escalation of crackdown on human rights workers
The Egyptian authorities have stepped up their onslaught against the human rights community by arresting at least 19 human rights lawyers and activists in a series of raids yesterday, said Amnesty International. So far at least eight women and 11 men were arrested in raids which began in the early hours of the morning. The …
Egypt: Human rights defender and sexual harassment survivor, Amal Fathy, sentenced for speaking out
Following the sentencing of an Egyptian woman human rights defender, Amal Fathy, who has already spent 141 days in prison after being arbitrarily arrested for posting a Facebook video decrying sexual harassment and criticising the Egyptian authorities for failing to protect women, to a two years suspended prison sentence with a bail of 20,000 EGP …
Egypt: Amal Fathy referral to trial a shocking case of injustice
The referral to trial of Amal Fathy, an Egyptian activist arrested for posting a video online sharing her experiences of sexual harassment, is a shocking case of injustice, Amnesty International said. “Amal Fathy was brave in speaking up about her experience of sexual harassment in Egypt and should be applauded for her courage – not …
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Egypt: Cluster bomb video highlights human rights concerns in North Sinai
The Egyptian military’s use of cluster bombs must cease immediately, Amnesty international said, following the military’s release of an official video showing cluster bombs as part of their recent operations in North Sinai. Amnesty International experts have analysed a video which was posted on the official Twitter account of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman on …
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Egypt: 16 men jailed amidst unprecedented homophobic crackdown
Responding to the news that a Cairo court convicted 16 men of “debauchery” and sentenced them to three years prison followed by three years’ probation, Amnesty International’s North Africa Campaigns Director Najia Bounaim said: “These sentences strike at the very heart of being human and are another example of the ongoing persecution of LGBTI people …
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