The proposed Egyptian criminal code reforms codify repression and shield authorities from accountability under the guise of legality. This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 15 ...

Egypt’s draft criminal code threatened the rights of defendants, journalists, and civil society. Civil society groups now call on parliament to revise the law to meet human rights obligations. This ...

“There is no need for a novel to create even more tension and hatred against us,” said Maria Boutros, a 38-year-old Egyptian housewife and mother of four. Boutros is one of many Coptic Christians who ...

“Instead of seizing the opportunity to introduce much-needed protections and safeguards for detainees’ and defendants’ human rights, and end arbitrary detention, Egyptian legislators are intent on ...

The decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt not to sign a flawed Criminal Procedure Code and to send it back to parliament for revision was a positive move, 20 civil society organizations ...