Latest in Tag: amnesty Highlight
Latest in Tag: amnesty

Mass protester killings going unanswered: HRW, Amnesty International, 11 NGOs
Statement recommends establishing an âeffective independent fact-finding committeeâ to investigate unlawful killings

21 Alexandrian girls âprisoners of conscienceâ: Amnesty
Human rights organisations condemn the 11-year verdict served to female Morsi supporters

US State Department criticises Egyptâs Protest Law
International human rights organisations condemn the sweeping power the law grants security forces
Draft protest law violates international human rights law: ANHRI
Rights group condemns draft protest law, point out âdefectsâ in law

Draft protest law criticised
Political groups and human rights movements call on interim president to scrap bill approved by cabinet

UN rights monitor condemns deadly Sudan crackdown
Amnesty International puts the death toll at over 200, many with gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

EIPR warns of rising sectarian violence
EIPR blames Islamist leaders for violence that was triggered by inciting hate speech, while security forces have been ânegligentâ in dealing with violence
Amnesty calls on government to protect Christians in Egypt
Report calls security forcesâ failure to protect Christian citizens âshockingâ, citing Maspero Youth Unionâs report that 61 churches were attacked nationwide

Six torture cases reported at Rabaa sit-in:MOI
The Anti-Coup Alliance called for âan independent international investigation into everything that is being said regarding violenceâ

International concern over ending Cairo sit-ins
Amnesty International condemned the cabinet’s order as a “recipe for further bloodshed”

Amnesty International calls for prompt independent investigations
UN Secretary General and EU High Representative second Amnestyâs calls, stressing on the importance of having a peaceful dialogue including all political powers

ECESR sues prosecutor general and cassation court chief justice
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights is requesting the lifting of judicial immunity for officials who failed to release pardoned detainees

Continued violence prompts international reaction
United Nations and Amnesty International condemn police brutality while United States sees presidentâs dialogue as step forward

Court releases final detainees from Cabinet clashes
Release coincides with the presidentâs expected mass pardon

8 April officer supporters on hunger strike
The strike is for the officers who remain behind bars and for the other officers who were released but deprived of their ranks

Morsy grants all ârevolutionary prisonersâ amnesty
The presidentâs decision relieves the detainees in questions of their charges, thus clearing their criminal records

Rumours and horror-stories mix as Iraq tries âterrorismâ suspects
Iraq trying suspects of terrorism remains unconfirmed

Oman crackdowns on freedom of speech
latest arrests for criticising the Sultan highlight government unease with dissent