Press Releases
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Egypt: ANHRI opens public library in a deprived neighbourhood
A huge crowd of young people, children and residents of Dar Assalam to celebrate the opening of “Khatwa” library Cairo – May 15th, 2012 ANHRI and Dar Assalam youth celebrated the opening of the first public library in this ancient…
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Egypt: Al-Alam Channel raided; equipment seized
Egyptian military hates freedom Cairo – May 14th, 2012 ANHRI denounces the ongoing systematic crackdown of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and Security Services on the freedoms and rights acquired by the Egyptian people after the revolution. ANHRI…
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Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s detention ongoing for tweets
Cairo – May 14th, 2012 ANHRI calls on the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Nabeel Rajab, activist, and to cease the crackdown and prosecution of human rights activist and opinion makers. ANHRI considers the extension of Rajab’s detention illustrates the…
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Egypt: Impunity; a systematic approach
Q: Who must bear consequences of the slowdown in investigating Shafik and Suleiman? A: The Attorney-General and the military prosecution Cairo, May 13 2012. ANHRI said today that the first Egyptian presidential election in the modern era taking place few…
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Tunisia: Freedom of the press endangered
Cairo May 12th, 2012 ANHRI calls for a swift response to the demands of freeing declaration of newspapers and publications from state bureaucracy, and a swift consideration of the demands of Nabil Jridet, editor-in-chief of al-Oula newspaper, regarding the declaration…
Human rights organizations
UN Security Council: Press Libya on Impunity
(New York) – Members of the United Nations Security Council should condemn attempts by the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to prevent accountability for serious and ongoing crimes committed in Libya. The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will brief…
Egypt: ANHRI opens public library in a deprived neighbourhood
A huge crowd of young people, children and residents of Dar Assalam to celebrate the opening of “Khatwa” library Cairo – May 15th, 2012 ANHRI and Dar Assalam youth celebrated the opening of the first public library in this ancient…
Egypt: Al-Alam Channel raided; equipment seized
Egyptian military hates freedom Cairo – May 14th, 2012 ANHRI denounces the ongoing systematic crackdown of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and Security Services on the freedoms and rights acquired by the Egyptian people after the revolution. ANHRI…
Morocco/Western Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker
(Rabat) – The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police violence, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 8,…
Iraq: Mass Arrests, Incommunicado Detentions
(Beirut) – Iraq’s government has been carrying out mass arrests and unlawfully detaining people in the notorious Camp Honor prison facility in Baghdad’s Green Zone, based on numerous interviews with victims, witnesses, family members, and government officials. The government had…
Kuwait: Emir Should Sign New Detention Bill
(New York) – The Kuwaiti parliament passed a law on May 10, 2012, that would provide an important expansion of due process protections in Kuwait. The law would eliminate unlimited renewals of pretrial detention and significantly limit the periods allowed…
Reports
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- Morocco - Rapper jailed for video insulting police
- Egypt - Police shutter Al-Alam's Cairo office
- Yemen - Two journalists face trial for covering uprisings
- Syria - Authorities detain journalists, release others
- Syria - Two Turkish journalists released
- Tunisia - Judicial confusion puts press freedom in peril