Articles for Egypt

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Egypt: Torture continuing despite post-revolution promises

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Alkarama condemns the continuing practice of torture by Egyptian security forces despite the promises the government made following the 2011 revolution to respect the rights of its citizens, put an end to the practice of torture, and combat impunity by bringing those responsible to trial.
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15 May 2013
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Egypt : Draft Demonstration Law restricts right to freedom of expression

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Today, Alkarama called on the Egyptian Upper House (Shura Council) to review the articles of the draft law on public demonstrations which are contrary to international human rights norms relating to freedoms of expression, opinion, association and demonstration.
The four first articles of this draft law have alrea
08 May 2013
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Egypt: Officials Turn Blind Eye to Port Said Police Abuses

Witnesses Describe Port Said Killings by Police

(Cairo, March 2, 2013) – The newly appointed investigative judge looking into the January violence in Port Said should fully examine police responsibility for unlawful killings during the episode, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the Alkarama Foundation, and Human Rights Watch said today.

02 Mar 2013
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Egypt: Alkarama launches its report "Six months after suspension of emergency law: torture continues and security apparatus still operates with emergency mentality"

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The Alkarama Foundation warmly invites you to attend the press conference launching its report analysing the evolution of the human rights situation in Egypt since the lifting of the Emergency Law on 31 May 2012.

The press conference will take place on Thursday 21 Febru

18 Feb 2013
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Egypt: Law to "Protect revolutionary gains" . The government insists on passing an emergency law which grants total power to security agencies.

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The Alkarama Foundation expresses its surprise and condemnation at the insistence of the Egyptian Government to pass an emergency law that would limits fundamental freedoms, as was the case in the emergency law proposed by the Justice Minister Ahmad Maki.
16 Oct 2012
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Egypt: Fourteen people sentenced to death following an unfair trial

The accused avoided a military court, only to be brought before a harsher exceptional court

The State Security Supreme Emergency Court in Ismailia, headed by Judge Hasan Mahmoud Farid, sentenced 14 individuals accused of being members of the "Tawhid and Jihad" group to death and referred them to the mufti on Tuesday 14 August. They were accused of attacking a police station in al-Arish and killing police and military officers during June and July of last year.

15 Aug 2012
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Egypt is a Military State ! The Minister of Justice Decree authorizes Military Police and Military Intelligence of the Judicial Arrest of Civilians

The Decree provides a Worse alternative than the State of Emergency.

The below signatories organizations express a severe shock and absolute rejection for the Minister of Justice decree No.

13 Jun 2012
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Egypt: Detainees at New Valley Prison begin an open-ended hunger strike

Alkarama is concerned by the increasing number of cases of arbitrary detention and torture it has received and the ongoing application of the Emergency Law on citizens from Egypt, despite the 2011 revolution which saw the overthrow of the former Mubarak regime.

In particular, Alkarama has learned of serious human rights violations committed against more than 200 detainees at the New Valley Prison. In protest of the ill-treatment they are suffering, detainees have begun an open-ended hunger strike.

08 Mar 2012
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Egypt: Release of 9 civilians detained and tried before military court

Nine civilians tried before military courts have been released following a pardon on 25 January 2012 by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forced (SCAF). Given the unlawful nature of their detention, Alkarama submitted their cases to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 11 October 2011.

These nine civilians were arrested and charged, for similar offences, following which their cases were transferred to military courts. However, under international law, civilians should not be tried by military courts.

29 Feb 2012
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Egypt: Mr Mohanad Hassan arrested and tortured for complaining against military's use of force on protesters

Nineteen year-old Mohanad Hassan, shot in the leg following a protest, has been arrested and tortured for laying a complaint against Egypt's military ruler for his injury.

Currently detained at Tora prison, he continues to suffer ill-treatment and is denied medical care for his wound.

21 Feb 2012
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