Egypt

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The U.S. government should support human rights and democracy in Egypt.

The overthrow of President Mubarak in 2011 offered the U.S. government a chance to reshape its policy toward Egypt and finally support human rights. Yet U.S. backing for democratic reforms has been halting. Drawing on years of experience working in Egypt, we’re pressing the U.S. government to once and for all place human rights at the heart of this key bilateral relationship. Photo: AP.

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April 05, 2019

Administration Urged to Demand Human Rights Improvements During Sisi Visit

Washington, D.C.—Ahead of next week’s White House visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Human Rights First today called on the Trump Administration to raise Egypt’s dismal human rights...

February 26, 2019

How ISIS Recruits in Egyptian Prisons

The 18-year-old Egyptian was arrested for excessive partying, imprisoned, and tortured. Guards suspended him from the ceiling, flogged, and electrocuted him. Shortly after, a recently released...

February 25, 2019

New Report Documents ISIS Recruitment in Egypt’s Prison System

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today released a new report documenting ISIS recruitment in Egypt’s prison system. Like a Fire in a Forest: ISIS Recruitment in Egypt’s Prisons...

February 07, 2019

Trump's Extreme Hypocrisy: Venezuela & Egypt

Earlier this week, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo decided to weigh in on the crisis in Venezuela, tweeting that the Maduro government is “destroying” the country and that its people “have suffered...

January 10, 2019

Pompeo's "New Beginning" a Return to Unconditional Support for Repression

Washington, D.C.—In response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech from American University in Cairo this morning, Brian Dooley, senior advisor at Human Rights First, issued the following...

December 20, 2018

Human Rights First Welcomes Acquittals in Egypt Foreign Funding Case

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today welcomed the acquittal of dozens of NGO workers in Egypt who were convicted in 2013. Human Rights First has advocated for years for the convictions to...

September 20, 2018

New Report Details Deteriorating Human Rights Conditions in Egypt

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and...

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January 1, 2016

How to Navigate Egypt’s Enduring Human Rights Crisis: Blueprint for U.S. Government Policy

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2016

On the fifth anniversary of the mass Tahrir Square protests against Egypt's former President Mubarak that led to his resignation and unleashed a period of continuing political instability, Human Rights First will release a new blueprint on how Congress and the Obama Administration should address the persistent human rights crisis in Egypt.

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Blueprint | 2016

How to Navigate Egypt’s Enduring Human Rights Crisis

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On the fifth anniversary of the mass Tahrir Square protests that ousted former President Mubarak, Egyptians are suffering severe

Report | February 25, 2019

Like a Fire in a Forest: ISIS Recruitment in Egypt’s Prisons

Read Full Report and Download Speaking in Cairo on January 10, 2019, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for “his vigorous efforts to combat the...

Factsheet | November 17, 2017

LGBT Community Under Attack in Egypt

LGBT Community Under Attack in Egypt Since the beginning of September 2017, Egyptian authorities under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s rule have arrested dozens of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

Report | September 28, 2017

Report: How to Protect Civil Society and Promote Stability in Egypt

Download Citing a steadily worsening human rights situation, activists and foreign diplomats in Cairo urge the U.S. government to withhold military aid from the Egyptian government. They say this...

Timeline | February 10, 2016

Egypt 2009-2015

2009 June 4: President Obama in Cairo: “But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: … they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere...