Joint press statement The undersigned organizations are extremely disturbed by the verdict issued on Monday by the South Cairo Felony Court in the Shura Council case. The court sentenced Alaa Abd al-Fattah and Ahmed Abd al-Rahman to five…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) expresses its deep pleasure for being chosen by the Middle East Studies Association in North America to receive the Academic Freedom award for the year 2014, for AFTE’s work on…

AFTE publishes a report on the status of foreign journalists and correspondents in Egypt: 25 January 2011 - October 2014   The Freedom of Media program at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, publishes on Thursday a report…

Reports submitted by independent rights organizations are one of the most significant sources of information for the UN Human Rights Council as it reviews and discusses the rights record of member states. The reports of independent…

The undersigned organizations express their extreme concern regarding the presidential decree, issued this week, which subjects the security and protection of a large number of public and vital establishments to the mandate of military…

UPR joint report Executive summary Joint.Stakeholderssubmission.UPR.Egypt.TheForumIn preparation for Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN, scheduled for November 5, the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights…

Thursday 23 October 2014 Over the last few years, the term ‘civil society’ has raised much controversy starting with the basic question of the importance of civil society to begin with, and culminating in accusations of treason. The…

AFTE followed with great concern news covered in a number of Egyptian newspapers regarding the approval by cabinet of an amendment to university regulating laws, allowing the head of university to expel faculty members from their positions,…

EGYPT SHOULD ABOLISH CENSORSHIP OF THE ARTS   AFTE and Freemuse today publish an extensive study ‘Censors of Creativity’ on censorship of artistic expression in Egypt. The study reveals the Egyptian government needs to reform the current…