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World
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Africa
9/19/2023 4:45:15 PM
U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace accord signed nearly a year ago to end a conflict that engulfed the country’s northern Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people affected by rape and other sexual violence — mostly women and girls, they found.
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World
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International
9/15/2023 5:55:17 PM
President Joe Biden marked the anniversary Friday of the Iranian woman who died while being held by the country's morality police by announcing the U.S. will impose more sanctions on Iranian people and firms that will target “some of Iran’s most egregious human rights abusers.”
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World
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International
9/15/2023 2:41:56 PM
The EU ombudsman demanded Friday that Brussels explain how it will ensure that its pact with Tunisia to curb migration will not breach human rights standards.
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World
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International
9/14/2023 11:24:59 AM
Families seeking asylum in the UK face inadequate living conditions in government-provided temporary housing, affecting their mental and physical health and access to children's education, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/12/2023 8:15:47 PM
The Arab Regional Forum in Beirut is building on the development agenda set out at the Cairo Conference on Population and Development 30 years ago
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World
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International
9/11/2023 1:42:21 PM
Climate change is sparking human rights emergencies in numerous countries, the UN rights chief said Monday, decrying widespread misinformation sowing chaos and confusion to deny that reality.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/6/2023 9:49:00 AM
The National Council for Human Rights calls for meaningful reform to be implemented effectively.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/5/2023 9:16:00 AM
It is our right to ask the international human rights organisations to devote more attention to the situation in Israel, the so-called oasis of democracy in the Middle East.
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Egypt
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Society
9/4/2023 5:38:00 PM
Spokesman for the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Ezzat Ibrahim stressed that the Council's annual report highlighted that freedom of information is “a cornerstone for freedom of expression and opinion.”
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Egypt
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Politics
9/4/2023 12:38:30 PM
The Human Rights and Freedoms Committee of the National Dialogue urged the government to abolish jail sentences for journalists in publishing cases and protect freedom of speech and expression.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/3/2023 7:59:52 PM
President of the National Council for Human Rights (NHCR) Moushira Khattab affirmed that no citizen should be "deprived of his right to freedom" for expressing dissenting non-violent views.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/30/2023 11:13:00 PM
The presidential amnesty initiative complements other important initiatives marking the new decade in Egypt, among them the National Dialogue and the National Strategy for Human Rights.
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World
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International
8/28/2023 10:25:40 AM
A Pakistan court bailed a prominent human rights activist and a former lawmaker on Monday, their lawyer said, after they were detained for protesting against enforced disappearances.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/7/2023 9:58:00 PM
The Public Prosecution has released 33 pretrial detainees, including businessman and economist Omar El-Shenety, and human rights lawyer Youssef Mansour, said Lawyer Tarek El-Awadi, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee on Monday.
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World
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International
8/3/2023 11:02:44 AM
US border police persistently commit human rights abuses without accountability in their handling of migrants at the frontier with Mexico, a new report from two Latin America-focused NGOs said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/29/2023 9:07:12 PM
Egypt assumed on Saturday the rotating presidency of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI) during the convocation of the network's conference and its 20th General Assembly in Cairo.
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World
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Region
7/27/2023 1:02:18 PM
UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Thursday called on Israel to heed those demonstrating for "the defence of democracy and fundamental freedoms" in the face of controversial judicial reforms.
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Heritage
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Inspiring Minds
7/26/2023 10:00:00 PM
Egyptian anthropologist, human rights activist and designer Shahira Fawzy lived a life with 'no margins' among the desert tribes of the Red Sea.
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World
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Region
7/23/2023 5:53:59 PM
Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism, amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of people arriving at their shores.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/19/2023 11:58:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a presidential pardon on Wednesday for researcher Patrick George Zaki and rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer among a number of prisoners, announced the Presidential Pardon Committee.
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