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World
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Region
2/21/2023 3:40:59 PM
The United Nations on Tuesday urged Israel to pause its judicial reform plans, saying they risked weakening human rights protections by drastically undermining the judiciary's ability to vindicate individual rights.
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World
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Region
2/15/2023 11:53:22 PM
At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/15/2023 11:47:28 PM
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has appealed to the world to "put politics aside" and act in unison in order to provide more support to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian and Turkish peoples in the aftermath of the earthquakes.
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World
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Region
2/15/2023 4:02:07 PM
The Biden administration has withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist for a post at the Organization of American States for calling Israel an ``apartheid state''.
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World
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Region
2/3/2023 7:29:48 PM
Iranian security forces have been systematically targeting the eyes of demonstrators in their crackdown on the protests that have swept the country since September, a human rights group said Friday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/31/2023 10:32:31 PM
Egypt-based Arab Network for Digital Media and Human Rights (ANDMHR) said that the re-activation of the Presidential Pardon Committee positively affected the human rights situation in Egypt, according to a recently published study.
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Egypt
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Society
1/25/2023 2:29:27 PM
Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) released its first periodical Human Rights Bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2022, detailing the efforts of the country towards upholding and protecting human rights.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/24/2023 11:14:00 AM
This year opened with important developments intended to guarantee the observance of human rights in Egypt.
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World
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International
1/19/2023 2:41:41 PM
The European Court of Human Rights said on Thursday it had asked the UK government to answer questions about alleged Russian interference in elections after a legal challenge.
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World
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Region
1/12/2023 10:01:43 PM
Harvard University rescinded a fellowship that it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group's criticism of Israel.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/7/2023 11:40:25 PM
Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement on Saturday calling for the return of five-year-old boy Shenouda to the Christian family who raised him until their lawsuit to regain custody of the child is ruled on.
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World
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Africa
1/7/2023 9:49:35 PM
The head of the United Nations human rights office called Saturday for a prompt, transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 28 people whose bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso last month.
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World
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Region
1/2/2023 10:33:01 AM
The Israeli army carried out a missile strike on Damascus International Airport on Monday that killed four people, including two Syrian soldiers, according to a human rights monitor.
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World
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International
12/18/2022 3:48:09 PM
France on Sunday condemned Israel's expulsion of French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who had been held in Israeli prisons without charge since March accused of security offences.
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World
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Region
12/18/2022 10:48:08 AM
Israel expelled French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri on Sunday morning, the culmination of a lengthy judicial saga in which he was accused of security offences and held without charge since March.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 5:22:07 PM
Hundreds took to the streets Friday in Iran's restive southeast, footage shared by human rights groups showed, beginning the fourth month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
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Egypt
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Society
12/12/2022 8:11:29 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday that the Egyptian government appreciates civil society, reiterating its main role in implementing the country’s National Strategy for Human Rights launched in September last year.
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Opinion
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12/12/2022 5:40:02 PM
The US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, which meets in Washington from 13-15 December, will be a major test for the US's commitment to the African continent on a range of issues, from human rights to food security and climate action.
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Opinion
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12/11/2022 2:43:57 PM
On the 10th of December of each year, the world celebrates Human Rights Day, marking the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/10/2022 10:46:00 PM
On the occasion of Human Rights Day on Saturday, Egypt reaffirms its commitment to contributing to the international human rights system as well as improving the human rights situation at the national level to achieve the aspirations of the Egyptian people, the Foreign Ministry said.
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