Egypt

Human Rights in Arab Republic of Egypt

Migration-related detention: A global concern
1 December 2008

Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people ...

Report       POL 33/004/2008

Egypt: Amnesty International voices concern over pattern of ...
25 November 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 12/023/2008. 25 November 2008. Egypt: Amnesty International voices concern over pattern of reckless policing ...

Document       MDE 12/023/2008

Egyptian association for torture victims wins court case against ...
31 October 2008

A Cairo Administrative Court has rescinded the government’s decision to dissolve the Association for Human rights and Legal Aid.

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Prominent Egyptian editor pardoned | Amnesty International
8 October 2008

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned IbrahimEissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's.

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Egypt: Harassment of Egyptian journalists must stop
29 September 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: MDE 12/022/2008. 29 September 2008. Egypt: Harassment of Egyptian journalists must stop. ...

Document       MDE 12/022/2008

The Wire, September 2008. Vol 38, No. 8
1 September 2008

The Wire. September 2008 Vol. 38. No. 8. AI Index: NWS 21/008/2008. [Page 1]. Denying the undeniable: enforced disappearances in Pakistan. ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/008/2008

Egypt: Killings of border crossers must stop
20 August 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: MDE 12/020/2008. Wednesday 20 August 2008. Egypt: Killings of border crossers must stop. ...

Document       MDE 12/020/2008

Egypt: Deadly journeys through the desert
20 August 2008

Sub-Saharan Africa refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Egypt are being killed, imprisoned and forcibly returned to countries where they are at risk of serious ...

Document       MDE 12/015/2008

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)/Egypt: Freedom of ...
14 August 2008

Some 400 Palestinian students may lose their university places and scholarships unless the Israeli authorities allow them to leave the Gaza Strip before the new ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/033/2008

Eritrea/Egypt: Arbitrary detention/ Fear of torture and other ill ...
13 August 2008

Between 12 and 19 June 2008, up to 1200 Eritrean asylum-seekers were forcibly returned from Egypt to Eritrea. While almost all of the returned women with children ...

Urgent Action       AFR 64/004/2008