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Human Rights in Arab Republic of Egypt

Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Egypt: Further information: Activists still held in solitary ...
23 April 2013

Three Egyptian activists continue to be detained in solitary confinement in Alaqrab high security prison after their preventive detention was renewed on 15 April ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/020/2013

Egypt: Hold army accountable for abuses
16 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 12/019/2013. 16 April 2013. Egypt: Hold army accountable for abuses. President ...

Public Statement       MDE 12/019/2013

Egypt: Egyptian activists held in high security prison
12 April 2013

UA: 89/13 Index: MDE 12/018/2013 Egypt Date: 12 April 2013. URGENT ACTION. EGYPTIAN activists held in high security prison. Three men ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/018/2013

Letter Writing Marathon 2012: Final report
3 April 2013

In 2012, 12 cases of individuals and communities whose human rights have been violated were given huge international public attention by Amnesty International. ...

Report       ACT 30/022/2013

Amnesty International | Egypt, Sudan: Kidnap and trafficking of ...
3 April 2013

Egypt and Sudan must make urgent and concerted efforts to stop asylum-seekers and refugees being kidnapped from camps in Sudan, forcibly transported to Egypt, and ...

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Egypt/Sudan: Refugees face kidnapping for ransom, brutal treatment ...
3 April 2013

Amnesty International is greatly concerned for the safety and security of refugees and asylum-seekers held captive in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, after being ...

Report       AFR 04/001/2013

More face charges in Egypt's escalating free speech and dissent ...
3 April 2013

A comedian associated with famed satirist Bassem Youssef is the latest target of Egypt's escalating crackdown on criticism.

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Egypt's Coptic Christians must be protected from sectarian ...
27 March 2013

A rise in tensions between religious communities in a town south of Cairo highlights the failure of the Egyptian authorities to protect Egypt's Coptic Christians ...

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Egypt: Fighting for justice and human rights: Egypt's women ...
15 March 2013

In Egypt today, the human rights of women are under threat. Women in Egypt continue to suffer sexual and gender-based violence, as well as discrimination in law ...

Report       MDE 12/011/2013

Women stand up to wave of injustice and violence in Egypt ...
15 March 2013

In advance of Egyptian women's day, on 16 March, Amnesty International celebrates women's contribution to the struggle for human rights.

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