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Egypt | January 25 Revolution, 15 Years On: A Human Rights Reading of Freedoms and Participation

January 25, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

On the fifteenth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution, this moment is recalled as a point at which broad segments of Egyptian society—women and men alike—demanded a state governed by the rule of law rather than by a logic of exception; a state that guarantees tangible conditions for living with dignity; and a public…

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Egypt | Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Torture and Death of Mahmoud Mika in Egyptian Custody

May 31, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned rights organizations, express our alarm over the growing number of detainee deaths in Egyptian prisons, amid consistent indications that many of these deaths were a result of torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities. We further condemn the Egyptian government’s entrenchment of impunity through its policies and practices, which collectively lack any credible…