NGOs, NCHR demand revision, participation in drafting anti-terror law
Government promises to take into consideration concerns raised over press freedom
Latest in Tag: Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights Highlight
Latest in Tag: Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights
Egypt’s NGOs under threat: rights groups
Civil society groups say their attempts to register have been refused or ignored
EOHR calls for release of Maadi metro detainees
Organisation decries the continued preventative detention of 25 January anniversary detainees
The constitution will initiate legislative reform: Civil society organisations
23 Egyptian rights organisations largely approve of freedoms and rights granted in proposed constitution
Shura Council detainees go on hunger strike amid claims of ‘torture’
Lawyers say court decision not clear but another hearing will take place withing the next week
EOHR condemns killing of child
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights urges political groups to maintain peacefulness of protests
EOHR calls for reform in the face of continued impunity to torture
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights calls on government bodies to respect international conventions and demand accountability for torture cases
Pre-trial detention period extended
Presidential decree extends pre-trial detention period to 45 days for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment with no maximum limit
13 arrests for sectarian violence in Beni Suef
Civil society organisations call on parties to condemn incitement to violence
EOHR establishes observatory to record violence
The Egyptian Organisation for Human rights records latest wave of incidents of “violence” and “terrorism”
Rights group calls on Morsi to pardon activist
Legislation under which activist sentenced for insulting president criticised
President pledges financial support for civil societies
President Mohamed Morsi says he is very interested in establishing partnerships between non-governmental authorities and the executive authority
Shura Council calls for Homeland Security reform
Council accuses Homeland Security of torturing citizens and withholding information about the presence of Al-Qaeda in Egypt
EOHR calls on Prosecutor General to investigate police torture
Man and his mother attacked by policeman when filing a complaint, says EOHR
EOHR condemns torture in Assiut
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights condemns the use of torture by police and calls on government to ratify international laws
Libyans call on Egypt to extradite Qaddaf al-Dam
Hundreds protest outside Egyptian embassy in Libya calling for Qaddaf al-Dam to be extradited to Libya for trial
Shura Council committee discusses second version NGO draft law
The law has been the subject of criticism from UN experts as well as the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights
EOHR calls for end to persecution of opposition
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights says decision to arrest prominent activists and opposition figures is politically motivated
Libyan prisoners to be extradited
Two former officials in Muammar Gaddafi’s regime are extradited to Libya for trial
Libyan delegation in Cairo
Amid tension between Tripoli and Cairo, a Libyan judicial delegation arrives in Cairo
Arbitrary detention of minors rises since November
Systematic targeting of civilians results in disproportionate amount of arrested children
NGO concerned over human rights in Egypt
As the Shura Council discusses the draft law regulating NGOs, the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights expressed fears and concerns over human rights
EOHR calls for investigation into El-Gendy’s death
Despite government claims that El-Gendy died from injuries sustained in a car crash, the EOHR says evidence of torture suggests otherwise
Egypt now rated as ‘partly free’
Improvement in Egypt’s political rights lifts its Freedom House rating from ‘not free’ to ‘partly free’
Egyptian Constitutional Front seeks representative constitution
Group to hold Tuesday press conference
Controversy over capital punishment
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for a reconsideration of what crimes are subject to the death penalty, following the sentencing of 14 militants involved in attacks on security forces in north Sinai last year. The EOHR condemned the attackers and supported their facing trial, but it also called for a review …