The undersigned organizations express their concern regarding the exceptional procedures taken yesterday against Islamist satellite channels, which included the breaking by security forces into offices of those channels, arrest of several…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) expresses its deep condemnation of the inaccuracy and cover up by all media channels, both visual and auditory, of the truths regarding this extremely critical moment in Egypt,…

The undersigned organizations are severely alarmed by the massacre that took place on the Nasr Road in Cairo at dawn on Saturday, July 27, after police forces attacked demonstrators supporting the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The attack left 80…

The lack of clear definitions for exceptions to freedom of expression in matters concerning hate speech, including various forms of incitement, has resulted in a confusion of various concepts, such as the comparison between "hat…

The undersigned organizations express their grave concern regarding the increasing sectarian violence which has targeted Christians and their churches since the uprising of June 30. These organizations strongly condemn the rhetoric…

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the use of excessive force yesterday by the security authorities when dispersing the sit-in by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its supporters at Rabia al-Adawiya Square in the Cairo governorate…

I.       Introduction This report offers the collective testimony of the Forum for Independent Human Rights NGOson the human rights situation in Egypt. Although the report focuses on the last four years, it relies on the products of nearly…

Cairo , 3/11/2009 Human rights organizations and activists involved in the campaign in solidarity with Sayed ElQemany and Hassan Hanafi and against “Hesba” cases in Egypt, said that the administrative court decided to defer the case filed…

AFTE issued the first semi-annual report on freedom of thought and creativity in Egypt during the period from January to June 2009. This report docum ents the condition of freedom of thought and creativity in Egypt and the most important…

About Fayoum Fayoum is an oasis in the western desert 90 km south west of Cairo. It is a northern governorate of Upper Egypt. Surrounded by sand from 3 sides except from the east where it is connected with Beni Soueif. Fayoum is 6068 sq.km.…