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Egypt steps up vicious onslaught against NGOs with arrest of minority rights defender
Prominent Egyptian human rights defender, Mina Thabet, Director of the Minority and Religious Groups Department at the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), was arrested today as the government escalates its assault…
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IDAHOT 2016: LGBT Human Rights Around The World
Today, May 17, Amnesty International celebrates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This IDAHOT, Amnesty International condemns the ongoing discrimination, violence, and denial of fundamental human rights faced by…
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Journalism Is Not a Crime
Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world. To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May,…
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Student imprisoned in Egypt for wearing anti-torture T-shirt hours away from release
Egypt’s authorities must expedite the release of a 20-year-old prisoner of conscience who has spent more than two years in pre-trial detention in a case of outrageous injustice, said Amnesty…
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The ‘Arab Spring’: Five Years On
The Middle East and North Africa was engulfed in an unprecedented outburst of popular protests and demand for reform. It began in Tunisia and spread within weeks to Egypt, Yemen,…
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Why Protecting Torture Victims Scares Egypt’s Leaders
[caption id="attachment_68751" align="aligncenter" width="3504"] Egyptian human right activist with chained hands during a protest against torture in police stations. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] In 2014, Amnesty International USA gave one of…
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A letter from Mahienour El-Massry on the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution
Some see that after all these years have passed the revolution has been defeated. Others see that there could have not been anything better than what happened. The regime, however,…
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Appeals court in Egypt upholds prison sentence for five activists including poet Ahmed Said
Today’s appeals court ruling upholding a two-year prison sentence for five activists, who were convicted of allegedly taking part in a protest last year, is yet another example of the…
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Letter from Shawkan Photojournalist Imprisoned in Egypt
Amnesty International has collected nearly 90,000 signatures worldwide in a petition calling for Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid’s release ahead of his first court session, scheduled for December 12 at…
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Generation Jail: Egypt’s Youth Go From Protest to Prison
A continuing onslaught against young activists by the Egyptian authorities is a blatant attempt to crush the spirit of the country’s bravest and brightest young minds, and nip in the…
