Egyptian dock workers load up crates of coal, 1916. Imperial War Museum/James McBey. Public domain. Workers from Egypt’s National Vegetable Oil Company (owned by the US firm Cargill) have been through ...

People with disabilities in Egypt face systemic barriers to their right to work amid poor implementation of a 2018 disability ...

CNN — Egypt has arrested three employees of a leading domestic human rights group, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). The crackdown came after EIPR staff met with Western ambassadors ...

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have renewed their judicial harassment of Hossam Bahgat, a leading human rights defender and the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR ...

Activists in Egypt call for stronger global action to challenge the government's repression and ensure meaningful reforms that address the ongoing suppression of fundamental freedoms. This statement ...

Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was released on bail Sunday after facing charges of “joining and financing a terrorist group” and “spreading false news,” according to the Egyptian ...

Rights groups call for action on torture, detention, and the death penalty ahead of Egypt's UN review. This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 17 December 2024. 13 Rights groups ...

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards. The ...

Many say that human rights activists should incorporate religion into their work, especially in deeply religious societies. In Egypt, however, nothing could be more dangerous. With approximately 90% ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, granting the U.S. ally its full ...

Cairo will receive its full military aid allotment of $1.3 billion after the secretary of state also said it had made progress on releasing political prisoners and protecting Americans. By Michael ...