Skip to main content
الاستعراض الدوري مصر

On 28th January 2025, Egypt will undergo a review of its human rights record over the past four years under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council. 

On this occasion, more than 15 international human rights organisations, including AlKarama, have launched a campaign to draw attention to the human rights situation in Egypt, particularly for political prisoners, of whom there are more than 60,000. 

The campaign calls for an end to unjust death sentences, protection for victims of torture in detention centres and prisons, the immediate release of imprisoned women, and for the cessation of the ongoing deterioration of civil, political, economic, and social rights. 

It also advocates for the defence of the rights of human rights defenders, workers, marginalised individuals, victims of medical neglect, lack of healthcare, poor educational quality, and the fight against school dropouts, among other violated rights. 

The organisations signing this statement call on all free individuals to join this campaign on humanitarian grounds. 

Be the voice of the victims and defend human rights. The organisations also call on the states participating in the UPR, who will review Egypt's human rights situation, to deliver justice for the oppressed. 

They urge them not to spare Egypt or turn a blind eye to the ongoing and systematic human rights violations, and to remind Egypt of the recommendations made by the UPR working group. 

The human rights organisations also draw the attention of over 300 global stakeholders involved in this process to the detailed reports that have been submitted concerning human rights in Egypt, which have meticulously documented and described a multitude of human rights and legal violations in the country. 

Thus, the recommendations and condemnations issued by these countries will have a significant impact in improving the human rights situation in Egypt. 

Save them. 

#Egypt_Behind_Bars