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Will you help us defend the defenders?Every day, ordinary people with extraordinary passion stand up for human rights, they are called human rights defenders. But they are in great danger. So who’s protecting them?
Blog post 14 Aug 2018 -
Egypt: trial of woman who posted video about sexual harassment is 'shocking'She ‘should be applauded for her courage, not put on trial’ - Najia Bounaim
Press release 08 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Arbitrarily detained prisoner on hunger strike in Egypt
Ola al-Qaradawi started a hunger strike, demanding the end of her arbitrary detention and abusive prison conditions
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains in Egypt jail for charges in one case
An Egyptian prosecutor has two weeks to decide whether to renew Amal Fathy's detention on the second case or release her.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jul 2018 -
Egypt: Shawkan verdict expected in mass death penalty trialTrial for 739 defendants following Rabaa massacre begins tomorrow
Press release 29 Jun 2018 -
Azza Soliman: Raised on justice and kindnessEgyptian lawyer Azza Soliman is lively, intelligent, brave – and funny. She talks about coping with being targeted for defending human rights, the joy of receiving box-loads of solidarity messages – and her father’s love of justice.
21 Jun 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: 30 June set as date of verdict for Shawkan in Egypt
The Court has set the 30 June as the date for issuing the verdict in the case against “Shawkan and 738 other defendants.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Jun 2018 -
Urgent Action: Detained for addressing sexual harassment in Egypt
Egyptian authorities ordered the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy for a total of 30 days.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2018 -
Egypt: activist arrested for Facebook video condemning sexual harassment'The backlash against Amal Fathy is exactly why Egypt needs brave activists like her to speak up for women’s rights'
Press release 11 May 2018 -
Egypt: political prisoners kept in indefinite solitary confinement - new report‘Egyptian prison officials are unlawfully applying solitary confinement as a means of stamping out dissent’
Press release 06 May 2018 -
Egyptian women need our help more than everHuman Rights Defenders like Azza Soliman fight for equality daily in Egypt. However there’s a long way to go in the fight for women’s rights due to the increased criminalisation of feminists.
Blog post 24 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action: Egyptian defenders and journalists detained
Ezzat Ghoniem has been detained for almost a month over unfounded charges along with journalists and a lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men, who are now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2018 -
Court of Appeal to consider whether suspected torturers visiting UK can be given diplomatic immunityCase could have ‘far-reaching implications for diplomatic relations’
Press release 22 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: Prosecutor calls for death penalty in mass trials in Egypt
The prosecutor in the “Rabaa dispersal” case has called for sentencing of 739 defendants, including Shawkan, to death.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Mar 2018 -
Egypt: fears that lawyer Ezzat Ghonim is latest human rights activist to be 'disappeared'Case comes after numerous activists ‘disappeared’ into secret state custody
Press release 02 Mar 2018 -
Egypt's use of banned cluster bombs in Sinai confirmed'This new video confirms our worst fears'
Press release 28 Feb 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Six men to be executed in Egypt if last appeal rejected
On 12 February, the Supreme Military Court postponed the verdict of six men appealing their death sentence to 26 February
Urgent action outcomes 28 Feb 2018 -
Egyptian military showing 'blatant disregard for human life' with cluster bombs videos‘Cluster bombs are inherently indiscriminate weapons'
Press release 14 Feb 2018
