Press Releases
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Wasla’s 47th issue is out “Deliver Us from Fascism, Amen”
Cairo, 16 February 2012 ANHRI released today issue No. 47 of Wasla under the main title “Deliver Us from Fascism, Amen”. The main blog entry discusses the fact that one year has passed since Mubarak’s step down and the…
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Syria: Artist killed, activists detained, journalists’ houses targeted
Cairo, 15 February 2012 ANHRI deeply condemns the ongoing Arab and international silence over the targeting of Syrian activists, artists, and journalists as part of the organized campaign waged by the forces of Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad to crush the…
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Investigating Judges of foreign funding case commit legal violation
In the so-called case of foreign funding, the investigating judges contribute to the defamation of a development institution, and they have to apologize or bear legal liability Cairo, 15 January 2012 ANHRI received today a complaint from the…
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Oman: Union activist detained
Cairo, 15 February 2012 ANHRI condemns the detention of Mohamed al-Salty, union activist, for more than a week in the Internal Security headquarters of the Omani security services, who have not brought him to any judicial investigative body or given…
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Orchestrated campaign against human rights organizations: Facts absent
Orchestrated campaign against human rights organizations: Facts absent; the public intentionally misled The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing slandering and intimidation of civil society organizations, particularly human rights groups, and note that the referral of 43 Egyptian and foreign…
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Activist Mazen Darwish and Others Detained
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What we want from our constitution?
Cairo Center for Development held a seminar titled ” What we want from our constitution?”. It has been held in February 12, 2012 in Fayoum Governorate in the framework of the political education program for youth parties, in cooperation with Open Society Institute, and it comes as one of the most important programs of the organization after the…
Bahrain’s most Dangerous Country for Human Rights Defenders
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its deep concern for the arrest of prominent human rights defenders because of their participation in peaceful protests on the occasion of the first anniversary of the protests. They were participating in a…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE-SYRIA: Concern for 14 human rights defenders arrested in SCM’s offices
Copenhagen, Geneva, Paris, February 16, 2012- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) fear…
Tunisia arrests three journalists over nude photo
New York, February 16, 2012–Three Tunisian journalists were arrested Wednesday for publishing a nude photo in a Tunisian daily, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to release them immediately. Nasreddine Bin Said, owner and…
Syria arrests 14 in attempt to block news
New York, February 16, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arrests of 14 journalists, bloggers, and press freedom activists with the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM). The group has played a key role…
Syria: Death toll rises as bombardment of civilian areas escalates in Homs
At least 377 civilians have been killed in Homs in recent days as Syrian security forces escalated their shelling of civilian neighbourhoods in the besieged city, according to information received by Amnesty International. On Wednesday, reports also emerged of a…
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- Egypt - Australian journalist released following trumped-up arrest
- Bahrain - Two human rights activists detained
- Egypt - Comedian given three months' imprisonment for "insulting Islam"
- Tunisia - New authorities use old methods to detain newspaper publisher
- Tunisia - IFEX-TMG concerned by series of setbacks, calls on authorities to consolidate free expression in the country