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Urgent Action: Researcher forcibly disappeared
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher with an NGO, was arrested by security forces and forcibly disappeared.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2019 -
Malak al-Kashef is free!Thank you to everyone who signed our petition to free Malak al-Kashef. She is now free! We couldn't have done it without you.
02 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained couple remains held
Egyptian authorities have decided to imprison Ola al-Qaradawi over unfounded charges.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Aug 2019 -
Egypt: scores of hunger-striking prisoners 'at breaking point'‘There can be no justification for the cruel and inhumane treatment these detainees have endured’
Press release 31 Jul 2019 -
Egypt: activists trapped in 'revolving door' of arrest and re-arrest‘Years of arbitrary detention is beyond cruel' - Najia Bounaim
Press release 11 Jul 2019 -
Egypt: authorities trying to 'legalise' repression - new reportPress release 03 Jul 2019 -
Egypt: 'deeply shocking' death of former President Mohamed Morsi must be immediately investigated"The news of Mohamed Morsi’s death in court is deeply shocking"
Press release 17 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Transgender woman held in all-male prison
19-year-old transgender woman human rights defender, arbitrarily detained in the all-male Mazra’at Tora prison.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action good news: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian activist released
Egyptian activist Islam Khalil was released on probation after more than a year in arbitrary detention.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment
Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Held incommunicado despite release order
Islam Khalil's family believes that he is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment in incommunicado detention.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Mar 2019 -
Egypt: trans woman forcibly disappeared at 'risk of sexual violence'Malak al-Kashef was apprehended after calling for protests in relation to Cairo train disaster
Press release 07 Mar 2019 -
Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan releasedEgyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has finally been released after spending more than five and a half years in prison on trumped-up charges.
Blog post 07 Mar 2019 -
Urgent Action: Jailed musician faces trumped-up charges
On 5 May 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky at Cairo International Airport.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Mar 2019 -
Egypt: Execution of nine men shows 'absolute disregard for the right to life'“These executions are a stark demonstration of the government’s increasing use of the death penalty."
Press release 20 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Pre-trial detention for human rights defender
On 9 February, a judge ordered the pre-trial detention of human rights defender and lawyer Ezzat Ghoniem for 45 days.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Feb 2019 -
Egypt: nine men at risk of imminent execution after unfair trial‘Time is running out to save the lives of these nine men’
Press release 19 Feb 2019 -
Egypt: 'Cruel' denial of family visits to detainees must endPress release 15 Feb 2019
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Egypt: 'Alarming escalation' in executions as six people killed in just two weeksAuthorities have hanged three prisoners convicted of killing a police officer during clashes that erupted in the weeks following the deadly Rabaa massacre
Press release 13 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian on hunger strike
On 25 January, Islam Khalil and four other prisoners began a hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Feb 2019
