Egypt

Human rights and fundamental freedoms are deeply curtailed in Egypt. A recent NGO law severely restricts the work of non-governmental and human rights organizations throughout the country. Freedom of expression is abridged by censorship laws and practices. Minority groups, such as the Copts, suffer both political and religious discrimination. Torture is systematic, and Islamic fundamentalist groups, such as the Muslim Brothers, are often targetted for repression.

Actions | NGOs | Reports | UN | News | Government & Law | Links

Actions

• Actions by the World Organization Against Torture

NGOs

• The Arab Organization for Human Rights (old site)
• Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (old site)
• Group for Democratic Development
• The Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights
• Other Organizations

Reports & Articles

• US State Department Human Rights Reports
  2000 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996
• US State Department Reports on Religious Freedom in Egypt
  2001 - 2000 - 1999
• Amnesty International Reports
• AIUSA Page on Egypt
• Human Rights Watch Reports
• Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights
  Articles on Human Rights Issues in Egypt
• ACIJLP Reports
  • The ACIJLP calls on the Minister of Justice to appoint a judicial
    committee to oversee the Bar Association, and to hold the elections
    Aug. 13, 1999

    Summary of the first Arab Report on Justice
    The situation of Justice and the Independence of the Judiciary
    and the Legal Profession in 1998

    July 1999

    Bar crisis turns into a catastrophe

    April 1999

    ACIJLP holds the government responsible for the continuation of the
    crisis of the Egyptian Bar Association, and warns against an escalation of lawyers' protest

    March 20, 1999

    The ACIJLP urges the citizens to use their right and ask policemen to
    show their ID cards

    March 1, 1999

    Prevention of Holding the ACJLP's Press Conference

    October 13, 1998

    Summary of the ACIJLP's first annual report
    on Justice in Egypt

    For 1997

    The Amendment cancels the Role of the Supreme Constitutional Court
    And Nullifies Guarantees of the Accused in Criminal Cases

    Pres Release, July 1998
• Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Reports
  • Tuberculosis ….. The slow death in the prisons of El Wadi El Gadeed and Damanhour
    23 Jan. 2002 - Report

    By Direct Order… Assassination of Civil Society in Egypt

    EOHR's Criticisms against Law 153 of 1999 on Associations and Civil Institutions

    22 June 1999

    Torture in Egypt

    Feb. 1999

    Report on the arrest campaigns against
    members of the Muslim Brothers

    12 Jan 1999

    No Way Out: Fears of a new Stage of Social Violence

    12 Sept 1998

    EOHR Press Releases
• Land Center for Human Rights
  • Damnhur el-Wahsh - a village appeals for help and security
    June 19, 2000
  • The Egyptian Labor Protests During 1999
    " A Shout Against The Government Of Egypt."
    April 2000
  • Violence in the Egyptian Countryside - 1998-1999
    1999

    Farmers Disputes ……. Victims and Violations

    January 2000

    Labor Conditions in Egypt During the 1st Half of 1999

UN

• On the Record: UN Human Rights Activities
  2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
  
  
• Documents from the UN Human Rights System Egypt
  Treaty Body Documents | Charter Body Documents
  
  

News

• The Middle East and North Africa Human Rights Information Mailing List
• Cairo Times
• Egyptian Gazette
• The Middle East Times
  Oftened censored (but includes censored articles and info on freedom of speech in Egypt).
• News on Egypt - by One World Online
• News on Egypt - Washington Post

Government & Law

• Egypt State Information Services
• People's Assembly
• Presidency

Links

Español

• Acciones de la Organización Mundial contra la Tortura
• Informes de Amnistía Internacional
• Resolución sobre la circumcición femenina en Egipto
  Parlamento Europeo, Julio 1997

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