Egypt
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Welcomes the Release of Mahmoud Hussein and Calls on the Government to Drop the Case Against Him
Tags Share RFK Human Rights welcomes the physical release of anti-torture protestor Mahmoud Hussein, who we represent before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Mahmoud was released on bail today after the authorities arbitrarily arrested and unlawfully detained him for a cumulative 1,026 days. The next trial hearing will be held on June…
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Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international human rights organizations said today. Mahmoud Hussein has been arbitrarily detained since August 2023. Since then, his mental and physical health has seriously…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Submits Petition on Behalf of Mahmoud Hussein – “The T-Shirt Detainee”
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of Mahmoud Hussein, often referred to as the “T-Shirt Detainee.” Mahmoud is presently held at the notorious Badr Prison in Cairo, Egypt and requires urgent medical care. Mahmoud is a young Egyptian…
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Egypt: RFK Human Rights Calls for the Immediate Release of Mahmoud Hussein
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the re-arrest and arbitrary detention of Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, who already spent over two years in pretrial detention for wearing an anti-torture t-shirt. We are deeply concerned by reports of Mahmoud’s deteriorating health and demand his immediate and unconditional release. We also call upon the…
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Egypt: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Welcomes the Release of Ahmed Samir Santawy
Tags Share Egyptian researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy was finally released from prison on July 30, 2022 after a presidential pardon was issued. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is elated to see Santawy finally released, although he should have never been imprisoned and convicted in the first place. This pardon comes after an Egyptian State Security…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns the Resentencing of Egyptian Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and Calls for His Immediate Release
Tags Share On July 4, 2022, an Egyptian State Security Emergency Misdemeanor Court again sentenced researcher and academic Ahmed Samir Santawy to three years in prison on unfounded charges of “spreading false news.” We at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly call on President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Egyptian government to end the continuing…
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Civil society organizations call on Egyptian authorities to drop the case of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy and release him immediately
Tags Share 14 March 2022 Today, the Egyptian Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) will hold a second session in the retrial of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy.* The undersigned organizations call on Egyptian authorities to drop this case and release Santawy immediately. In June 2021, the ESSC sentenced Santawy to a four year prison sentence on…
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Briefing Paper on Recent Human Rights Developments in Egypt: Signs for Optimism or Another Trick from the Authoritarian Playbook?
Tags Share Egypt recently launched numerous human rights-related measures, including its first National Strategy for Human Rights. Yet, a mere three months after the Strategy was released, the Egyptian State Security Emergency Misdemeanor court sentenced human rights activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer, and blogger Mohamed Ibrahim on politically-motivated charges of…
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United Nations inquiry finds that Egyptian authorities arbitrarily detained Ahmed Samir Santawy
Tags Share The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcome the favorable opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finding the Egyptian government arbitrarily detained our client Ahmed Samir Santawy in violation of international human rights law. The Working Group held that the government arbitrarily…
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Egypt: Quash Verdicts and Stop Unfair Trials by Emergency Courts
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, convicted of bogus charges and sentenced to long prison terms in grossly unfair trials by emergency courts solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. The organizations also urge…
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Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt should immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent.
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RFK Human Rights Urges Egyptian Authorities to Release Ahmed Samir Santawy
Egyptian authorities must ensure prompt and impartial investigations into Ahmed Samir Santawy’s enforced disappearance and ill-treatment by security forces.
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