UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society Published at 06.11.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship LGBTI women release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment Read more
Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space Published at 09.05.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
Egypt parliament approved new draft NGO law - a continuation of state crack down on CSOs Published at 08.08.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction restrictive law Read more
Demonstrations in Egypt: arrests, social media blockage as a response Published at 27.09.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force internet restriction censorship travel ban protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Egypt continues its systematic repression of human rights activists, journalists and protestors Published at 13.09.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions funding restriction access to info. law HRD detained release of HRDs Read more
Mass Arrests and Proposed New Cybercrime Law in Egypt Published at 05.07.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption HRD detained travel ban attack on journalist labour rights Read more
Draft law presents serious threat to civil society in Egypt Published at 31.10.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption bureaucratic restriction censorship attack on journalist Read more
Egyptian MPs pass draconian associations law as civil society coordinates fightback Published at 16.11.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Read more
Civil society calls upon President Sisi to reject restrictive NGO law in Egypt Published at 02.12.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban funding restriction Read more
Egyptian authorities forcibly shut down NGO supporting victims of torture and violence Published at 09.02.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure Read more
Widespread protests erupt in Egypt over bread subsidies Published at 10.03.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protest Read more
Civil society under greater threat as draconian law comes into force Published at 05.06.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD threatened funding restriction intimidation HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted Read more
Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space Published at 28.03.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD killing labour rights CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban torture/ill-treatment Read more
Environment for civil society in Egypt: “among the darker and more dangerous” Published at 02.10.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment women restrictive law Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to Egyptian activist banned from traveling Published at 07.11.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban bureaucratic restriction harassment funding restriction Read more
Space for trade unions and workers to organise continues to close in Egypt Published at 09.02.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law Read more
Increased restrictions as Egyptians go to the polls: A growing gulf between rhetoric and reality Published at 27.03.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained funding restriction women CSO closure restrictive law public vilification Read more
Civil society stands in solidarity with jailed photojournalist facing death penalty Published at 24.04.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law Read more
Appeals Court orders retrial in foreign funding case Published at 15.06.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
New cybercrime law: an assault on freedom of expression Published at 17.07.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Egypt: state of emergency extended, violations continue Published at 01.11.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment travel ban protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
