ECRF Lawyer said that the Court of Administrative Justice (First department – Rights and Freedoms) decided in its May, 30 session to accept ECRF’s appeal to cancel a decision to deprive imprisoned lawyer Ibrahim Metwally of visits. ECRF lawyer added that the Court decided to immediately stop the execution of the decis…
Introduction When we speak about the right to health care and medical treatment in places of detention, we are not referring to a privilege or a form of luxury, but to a right guaranteed under international conventions ratified by Egypt, as well as the Egyptian Constitution and domestic legislation. The right to healt…
Share Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) published a report titled ‘Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions?’ The report serves as a form of impact assessment, evaluating whether the establishment of five newly operational prison, Badr 1, Badr 3, Wadi al-Natrun, and 10…
This picture taken during a government-guided tour on December 27, 2020 shows an inmate manning a commissary stall at al-Qanatir women's prison, in the Qalyoubiya province, about 30 kilometers north of Cairo. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Law & Accountability Egypt Women in Egypt’s Prisons: Tales of O…
A guard inside one of the watch towers of the Tora prison on the southern outskirts of Cairo, February 11, 2020. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Development & Economy Law & Accountability Egypt Shareholders in Repression: Economic Predation in Egypt’s Prisons The commoditization of repression in Egypt’s…
A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Law & Accountability Egypt Extended Imprisonment: T…
Share Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp Background This paper reviews the human rights situation in Egyptian detention facilities one year after the Egyptian government launched the National Human Rights Strategy on September 11, 2021. The strategy’s announcement was accompanied by an extensive public relations campaign…
The Egyptian human rights organizations signatory to this statement demand a prompt release of Yehia Helwa, a political activist and member of the Bread and Freedom Party (under establishment), who spent two years in remand detention without being released or responding to repeated requests to provide him with the app…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights condemns the Egyptian authorities’ execution against seven people during the previous two days (March 8 – March 10 2022) in two cases that contained political violence incidents. Those executed defendants were subjected to several violations during the arrest, investigation or trial…
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…