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Egypt
North Africa
Documenting arbitrary detention, mass trials, and the closure of civic space in Egypt — and supporting defenders, lawyers, and journalists at risk.
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Our position on Egypt
We call for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained activists, journalists, and lawyers in Egypt; an end to the use of military and emergency courts against civilians; and the lifting of NGO-law restrictions that have closed civic space.
— HuMENA
The Region, Connected
No country in MENA stands alone.
This country sits at the centre of the threads HuMENA follows — across borders where defenders flee, refugees move, and accountability converges.
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Where our work concentrates here.
Five strategic areas — Civic Space, Defenders, Digital Rights, Governance, Diaspora. Bar height shows the depth of HuMENA's coverage in that area for this country.
Civic Space
Defending freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
Defenders
Protection support and case advocacy for defenders at risk.
Digital Rights
Surveillance accountability and digital safety for civil society.
Governance
Fair-trial monitoring, judicial independence, and inclusive governance.
Diaspora
Cross-border protection and amplification of exiled voices.
Chronicle
A working record of our interventions.
Statements, reports, advocacy moments, defender cases. Chronological. Growing.
Apr 2026
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jan 2026
PRESS RELEASES
Dec 2025
PRESS RELEASES
Dec 2025
NEWS
Nov 2025
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LEGAL & POLITICAL ANALYSIS
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LEGAL & POLITICAL ANALYSIS
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At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
HuMENA carries documentation into the mechanisms with the most leverage — UN bodies, EU institutions, and joint civil-society coalitions.
UN UPR
Cycle 4 — civil society submissions
UN WGAD
Communications on multiple high-profile cases
EU Council
Joint civil-society letters
EU Parliament
Resolutions and briefings
Defenders
The people behind the work.
HuMENA stands with human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists. Where their identities can be public, we credit them. Where they cannot, we protect them.
Under restriction
Abdelrahman Tarek
Human rights defender with Al-Nedal Centre for Rights and Freedoms; works on free expression and the rights of prisoners facing enforced disappearance.
Abdelrahman Tarek was arrested in September 2019 during a judicial observation session and has been held in arbitrary detention ever since, despite…
DetainedAA
Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Poet and political activist; supporter of the 2011 Egyptian revolution; co-founder of the Kefaya movement.
A dual Egyptian-Turkish poet arrested at the Lebanon-Syria border, forcibly extradited to the UAE, and held incommunicado since January 2025 after publishing…
DetainedAA
Ahmed Abdelsattar Amasha
Lawyer; trade unionist; environmental activist; founding member of the League for Families of the Disappeared.
Ahmed Abdelsattar Amasha is a lawyer, trade unionist, and environmental defender who documented enforced disappearances and torture in Egypt. He was disappeared…
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Ahmed Al-Tohamy
Assistant professor of political science; researcher in comparative politics and international relations.
Ahmed Al-Tohamy is a political science scholar whose research has been recognized internationally. He was arrested from his home in Cairo in…
DisappearedAhmed Amasha
Veterinarian; trade unionist; co-founder of the League for Families of the Disappeared; member of the Kefaya opposition movement.
Ahmed Amasha is a veterinarian, trade unionist, and co-founder of the League for Families of the Disappeared. He has been arrested twice,…
DetainedAhmed Douma
Writer, poet and revolutionary activist
Egyptian writer and central figure of the January 25 revolution. Pardoned by President al-Sisi in August 2023 after nearly ten years in…
Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA
Egypt | Seven Years Since the Disappearance of Ahmed Hassan: Human Rights Organizations Demand Immediate Disclosure of His Whereabouts
Egypt | Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices
Egypt | January 25 Revolution, 15 Years On: A Human Rights Reading of Freedoms and Participation
On Human Rights Day 2025: Civic Space in the Middle East and North Africa under Systematic and Sustained Pressure
Call for Trainer | Geneva Advocacy for WHRDs & LGBTQI+ Defenders
Call for Tenders | Lead Developer / Civic-Tech Team – Civic Space Watchdog (AI-Assisted MVP)
Egypt | African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights… Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations
From Pledges to Implementation at COP30 (Belém, Brazil): Environmental and Climate Accountability, Equitable Loss and Damage Financing, and a Just Transition that Upholds Rights, Nature, and Biodiversity
Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities
Egypt | Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
Egypt | Systematic Exclusion of Opposition Candidates from Parliamentary Elections After Seizing Control of the Senate.. The “State List” Runs Uncontested in the House of Representatives Elections
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