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After sending a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations: Human rights organizations condemn the continued execution of death…

he organizations signed below condemn the death sentence execution that took place on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, against the Egyptian citizen Tayseer Odeh Sulaiman, who was convicted in a flawed trial and inconsistent with the legal and human rights standards, in case NO. 99 of 2014 Supreme Military Court of Ismailia.The said organizations confirm that there is an unprecedented increase in the implementation of death sentences in Egypt on the basis of illegal measures. This has become a weekly news without deterrence of any…

The unprecedented political use of the death penalty by the Egyptian government will only incur more violence

The signatory organizations condemn the execution of four people today, Tuesday January 2, who were tried in case 22/2015 before Tanta Military Criminal Court, in the case known as “Kafr al-Sheikh Stadium”case. The signatories state that today’s executions raise the number of people executed by the Egyptian government within just one week to 19 people - an unprecedented death toll in Egypt’s modern history. The signatories also fear that today’s executions come as a political response, following very recent armed attacks on…

Press Statement: Rights groups demand release of Ibrahim Metwally and applaud international solidarity

The undersigned rights organizations renew their demand for the immediate release of rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, the founder and chair of the League for the Families of the Disappeared. Metwally appeared before the prosecution – for the fifth time - on Monday December 4. His detention was renewed for a period of 15 days, pending investigation in Case No. 900 of 2017 to restrict the investigation of state security. For a second time, Metwally attested to his poor detention conditions at Aqrab Prison, where he is deprived…

Rights groups: release Ibrahim Metwally immediately and stop using Aqrab Prison to abuse detainees

The undersigned organizations demand the immediate release of Ibrahim Abd al-Moneim Metwally, age 53. Metwally is a lawyer who helped found the League for the “Families of the Disappeared” while searching for his son Amr, who was disappeared four years ago. Metwally appeared in front of the State Security Prosecution yesterday, which ordered a renewal of his arbitrary detention order for another 15 days. Metwally was arrested at the Cairo airport on September 10 as he was on his way to Geneva to participate in the annual…