Table of contents Executive Summary Report Methodology Introduction Hasty trials and death sentences within days: three case studies First case: The murder of the murder of archpriest Arsanius Wadeed Rizkallah in Alexandria Second case: the murder of Mansoura university student Naira Ashraf Third case: The Ismailia in…
On December 3, 2021, Ahmed Douma, writer, political activist and one of the most prominent symbols of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year of arbitrary detention, against the background of his political activism and his relentless pursuit of freedom and democracy. Ahmed Douma contributed to the establis…
TIMEP Brief: Right to Due Process in Egypt Mass trials, politicized death sentences, civilian trials in military courts, prolonged pretrial detention, and forced disappearances are all common violations of due process that occur in Egypt. TIMEP May 25, 2018 Mass trials, politicized death sentences, civilian trials in …
Egypt's Central Security Forces assault protesters on December 16, 2011, following the dispersal of the Cabinet and Parliament Building sit-ins near Tahrir Square. (Mosa'ab Elshamy) Egypt Why Is Egypt Amending Its Protest Law Now? The Protest Law bans protests of more than 10 people without government approval and has…
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) launches its special bulletin on “Freedom of Belief and Citizenship” to address the concerns and challenges faced by minorities, promote a culture of tolerance, reject violence and hate speech, and reinforce the values of citizenship. In this bulletin, the Commiss…
Contents 1- Executive Summary 2- Methodology 3. Introduction 4- Why are prisons a fertile environment for the emergence of mental disorders and the deterioration of the mental state of prisoners? 4.1 Living conditions in detention institutions and their impact on mental health: 4.2 Treatment of detainees in Egyptian p…
The undersigned human rights organizations followed up on the tragic circumstances of the death of economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud, which was announced by his family on April 9, after they received a call from a police officer informing them of his death, asking them to come the next day to receive the body from the
o Stop Enforced Disappearance [1] It is a campaign launched by the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) on August 30, 2015 in conjunction with the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, with the aim of spreading awareness of the seriousness of the crime on Egyptian society, the need to s…
Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) Continuous violation and absent justice Forced Disappearance A five-year report Stop Enforced Disappearance It is a campaign launched by ECRF on August 30, 2015 in conjunction with the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, with the aim of spreading a…
Security & Conflict Egypt ESW Week in Brief: August 3–9, 2019 This week, a car blast outside the National Cancer Institute in central Cairo killed 20 and injured 47. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior accused Hassm militant Abdel Rahman Khaled Mahmoud Abdel Rahman of perpetrating the attack, but the group denied any re…