The Egyptian human rights coalition on cop 27 Petition
Ahead of COP27, Open Civic Space and Release Everyone Arbitrarily Detained in Egypt
In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El Sheikh from 7 to18 November 2022, the undersigned organizations, groups and individuals note with great concern the human rights situation in Egypt and in particular the government’s restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, which risk to undermine a successful, inclusive and participatory climate summit.
Egypt: Global Coalition Calls for Release of Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on Three Year Anniversary of their Arrests
The ICJ, as part of a global coalition, has called on Egyptian authorities to immediately drop all charges, close all cases involving them, and promptly release Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah.
Egypt: Organizations and Individuals Condemn the Re-Arrest of Sherif Al Rouby
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, condemn with greatest concern the recent detention of activist Sherif Al Rouby by Egyptian authorities and call for his immediate and unconditional release.
UN Human Rights Council should establish an independent monitoring mechanism on Egypt amidst increasing extrajudicial executions
The ICJ today called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent monitoring mechanisms on Egypt and denounced several cases of extrajudicial executions in the country.
Egypt: End arbitrary detention of activists on hunger strike
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdelfattah, Hisham Fouad, Abdelrahman Tarek and other activists on hunger strike detained arbitrarily, and end their systematic abuse and ill-treatment, said the International Commission of Jurists today.
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