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Egypt: Officially, you do not exist: Disappeared and tortured in the name of counter-terrorism
Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe…
July 12, 2016
Press Release
Hundreds disappeared and tortured amid wave of brutal repression in Egypt
Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people in an effort to intimidate opponents and wipe…
July 12, 2016
Press Release
Head of press syndicate in Egypt detained in unprecedented crackdown on media freedom
The arrest today of the head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate and two colleagues is an alarming setback for freedom…
May 30, 2016
Press Release
Military court in Egypt sentences eight to death after disappearance and confessions under torture
An Egyptian military court has sentenced eight civilians to death and another 18 individuals to lengthy prison terms, after a…
May 30, 2016
Press Release
EU: Halt arms transfers to Egypt to stop fueling killings and torture
Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers to Egypt, risking complicity…
May 24, 2016
Press Release
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…
May 19, 2016
Press Release
Mass arrests in ruthlessly efficient bid to block peaceful protest in Egypt
Security forces arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people in response to planned protests in Egypt yesterday, said Amnesty International, after large…
April 26, 2016
Press Release
Teen who challenged torture in Egypt released after more than two years
 The release on bail of Mahmoud Hussein in the early hours of this morning offers a faint glimmer of…
March 25, 2016
Press Release
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…
March 22, 2016
Press Release
Egypt: Planned asset freezes are government’s latest tool to eradicate civil society
The Egyptian authorities are expected to freeze the assets of two prominent human rights defenders and their family members tomorrow…
March 18, 2016
Press Release
Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016