Press Releases
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Saudi Arabia\Egypt: Egyptian lawyer threatened with execution in Saudi Arabia
SCAF and the parliament of the Brotherhood are on the same track of Mubarak and continue to compromise the dignity of Egyptians abroad Cairo – May 24, 2012 ANHRI holds the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Egyptian…
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Sudan: Two newspapers confiscated
Cairo – May 21st, 2012 ANHRI denounces the confiscation of the Sudanese newspapers al-Jareda newspaper for five times in a row and al-Midan for the eighth time in the one month of May. Many Sudanese journalists are prosecuted and cracked…
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Egypt: No to any constitutional amendments or declarations imposed by SCAF
To SCAF: Go back to the barracks; your authority has ended Cairo – May 21st, 2012 ANHRI announced today that any talk or consideration by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) to launch a complementary constitutional declaration or law…
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Sudan: Newspaper confiscated
Cairo, May 19 2012 ANHRI denounces the confiscation of Akhir Lahza, an independent Sudanese Newspaper, immediately following print directly in a sheer violation of the already deteriorating freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of the press in Sudan. Security…
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Morocco : Imprisoning a Rapper for Criticizing the Police
Cairo, May 16, 2012 ANHRI denounced the continued policy of the ruling regime in Morocco for clamping down on opinion and expression freedom the Moroccans gained during their long struggle. The rapper “Moaz Balghawat” was imprisoned for one year with…
Human rights organizations
Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice
Strong Arms Trade Treaty needed as UN Security Council looks unfit for purpose The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership that makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out…
Saudi Arabia\Egypt: Egyptian lawyer threatened with execution in Saudi Arabia
SCAF and the parliament of the Brotherhood are on the same track of Mubarak and continue to compromise the dignity of Egyptians abroad Cairo – May 24, 2012 ANHRI holds the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Egyptian…
Lebanon: Independent investigation into checkpoint killings needed
A prominent Lebanese cleric opposed to the Syrian government and another man travelling with him have been shot dead at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon, prompting Amnesty International to urge the Lebanese authorities to launch an independent investigation rather than…
Sudan: Two newspapers confiscated
Cairo – May 21st, 2012 ANHRI denounces the confiscation of the Sudanese newspapers al-Jareda newspaper for five times in a row and al-Midan for the eighth time in the one month of May. Many Sudanese journalists are prosecuted and cracked…
Egypt: No to any constitutional amendments or declarations imposed by SCAF
To SCAF: Go back to the barracks; your authority has ended Cairo – May 21st, 2012 ANHRI announced today that any talk or consideration by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) to launch a complementary constitutional declaration or law…
Sudan: Newspaper confiscated
Cairo, May 19 2012 ANHRI denounces the confiscation of Akhir Lahza, an independent Sudanese Newspaper, immediately following print directly in a sheer violation of the already deteriorating freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of the press in Sudan. Security…
Reports
IFEX
- United Arab Emirates - Stateless blogger facing deportation after being tricked by immigration authorities
- Tunisia - IFEX-TMG calls for seven-year sentences to be overturned
- Syria - Citizen journalist sentenced to death for giving TV interview
- Palestine - Israel arrests head of Palestinian prison news channel
- Iran - Two Azerbaijani writers missing
- Bahrain - ARTICLE 19's submission to the Universal Periodic Review
- Bahrain - Authorities arrest critical journalist
- Yemen - Journalists face ongoing threats, assaults