The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has received 7168 requests from civil organizations to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to start on 28 November.
Hazem Mounir, head of the elections department at the NCHR, (...)
Rights groups have described the registration process for candidates in Egypt's parliamentary elections as chaotic, adding that clashes with security services took place in some areas on Wednesday after the registration process began.
They also said (...)
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) had warned the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the government of the Maspero violence, legal sources have said.
Coptic demonstrators clashed with army personnel on Sunday before (...)
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information has denounced what it called excesses by the military police against civilians in Egypt, considering them blatant violations of the basic human right for a dignified treatment and freedom of (...)
The Ain Shams Misdemeanor Court on Monday, postponed the defamation trial of former April 6 Youth Movement leader Asmaa Mahfouz to 9 October.
Political activist Tarek Zeidan, chairman of the Egyptian Revolution Party, which is still in the process (...)
Participants at a symposium held by the Center for International Cooperation Projects on Wednesday called on the Egyptian government to allow NGOs to accept foreign funding, provided they declare the doners.
“The government must assume that NGOs are (...)
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is to issue a report by its fact-finding committee tasked with investigating the clashes that took place between the police and Ahly Club football fans, who call themselves "the ultras", at a match played (...)
A movement called ‘No to Military Tribunals' on Monday staged protests before the Defense Ministry to demand the release of Mikel Nabil, a blogger who was sentenced to three years in prison for insulting the military council.
“My son has been on (...)
An Egyptian human rights group on Tuesday urged the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to intervene for the release of three Egyptian Bedouin minors being held in an Israeli prison.
The Egyptian Association for the Assistance of (...)
A coalition of 17 political parties and movements on Monday accused Egypt's civil and military police forces of being involved in Saturday night's attack on peaceful demonstrators in the Abbasseya district of Cairo.
The protesters were marching on (...)
An Egyptian human rights group on Sunday urged the country's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to abandon "instigation and defamation" of political and revolutionary groups.
In a statement on Sunday, the Arab Network for Human Rights (...)
An Israeli court on Wednesday will start the second session for trying three Egyptian minors from Sinai. The minors are accused of smuggling and illegally entering Israel.
An official source at the Egyptian Consulate in Eilat said the embassy had (...)
Sources at a European Union-hosted Middle East security symposium hosted on Wednesday said that a heated confrontation erupted when the Egyptian delegation criticized Israel for not signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and not allowing the (...)
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, in a meeting with a delegation from Amnesty International on Sunday, confirmed that it conducted virginity tests on women detained by the military in March of this year. The women were arrested by the (...)
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Thursday submitted a draft law to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the cabinet, proposing a proportional list system for the next parliamentary elections, so as to give a chance for a wider (...)
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Thursday called for writing a new constitution for a democratic state that respects human rights and achieves the goals of the revolution before parliamentary or presidential elections.
The council (...)
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Wednesday suggested postponing parliamentary elections until December, due to the country's ongoing security void.
The council also called for a new constitution and for all political forces to take (...)
Budgetary and Human Rights Observatory (BAHRO) criticized the media campaign which says that Egypt's economy is at stake and that Egypt is on the brink of starvation. It argued that the policies employed by the current finance ministry to run the (...)
The military prosecution on Thursday referred 25 suspects out of 146 for expedited military trials in connection with the alleged attempted storming of the Israeli Embassy by protesters on Sunday.
According to the military prosecution, the suspects (...)
An Egyptian women's rights activist said she received a death threat because of a statement she made about the consequences of canceling the law that gives women the right to initiate divorce.
Nehad Abul Komsan, head of the Egyptian Center for (...)
Sources at the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Monday said that the organization's report on sectarian clashes in Imbaba holds security forces largely responsible for the incident. It cites their sluggish response to unfolding events.
A (...)
Prosecutors have charged ceramics tycoon Mohamed Abul Enein of plotting and inciting the 2 February assault on demonstrators in Tahrir Square dubbed “The Battle of the Camel.” He must either pay bail of LE100,000 or face detention for 15 days (...)
The fact-finding committee formed to investigate acts of "thuggery" against demonstrators during the 25 January revolution submitted its final report to the attorney general on Sunday. The findings will be announced at a press conference on (...)
Twenty-seven Egyptian human rights organizations on Thursday criticized the government for excluding certain political forces from the so-called "national dialogue" it is holding. They said the exclusion represented a continuation of the ousted (...)
The Egyptian National Human Rights Council (NHRC) on Wednesday called for criminal trials for suspects who attacked a church in Atfeeh and cut off a Copt's ear in Qena.
In its meeting, Council Vice President Moqbel Shaker said the council also (...)