AFTE condemns the campaign of oppression by a military force against students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Mansoura University who had been in a protest sit in for the past three months on campus. The attack took place last…
AFTE has released its first comparative legal study on “freedom of exchange of information” realizing the need for a legal foundation of this essential right and vital component of democracy. The study consists of two sections; the…
Research team: Nefisa Dessouki, director of Academic Freedom program, Kholoud Saber, Assistant Director, Roaa Ghariebm, researcher at AFTE, Emad Naim, electronic media officer. Report was revised by Emad Mubarak, Executive Director. …
AFTE condemns the flagrant interference by national security authorities – previously known as state security investigations, in internal university affairs as before the 25th of January revolution. A number of Egyptian newspapers,…
The undersigned express serious concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain and the insistence of the Bahraini government to use force against civil society and human rights activists. They are also involving the…
On the 19th of November, 2011, Egyptians took to the streets and squares of Egypt once more in peaceful protest, demanding a true civil, democratic state consistent with their dreams of last January. These peaceful, unarmed protestors…
AFTE demands that official bodies, specifically the ministries of health and interior and the supreme council of military forces provide clear and accurate information concerning the tear gas recently used in dispersing the Tahrir sit in…
AFTE strongly condemns statements by general Abdel Moneim Kato, SCAF consultant for morale affairs to El Shoruk daily Egyptian newspaper in its 19 December 2011 issue where the newspaper quoted the military consultant as saying “the media…
AFTE released a thematic report concerning the performance of the radio and TV union in covering some important events, foremost the Maspero events last October and the Mohamed Mahmud street events last November. The report addresses the…
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 nationals to a criminal court is…
