statements

The undersigned organizations today condemned a military tribunal's conviction of Amr Abdallah Abd el-Rasoul el-Beheiry (32 years) on March 1st on charges of assault of an officer and breaking curfew. The tribunal further sentenced him to a prison term of five years all within a period that did not exceed three days from the time of his arrest. The signatory organizations to this statement stressed that civilians are not to be prosecuted and tried for non-military crimes before military tribunals composed of military…

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations are closely following the efforts of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces as it manages the country’s affairs in this difficult period, during which the council must assume its responsibilities and honor its vows to respond to the demands and aspirations of the Egyptian people as expressed in the January 25 revolution.…

The undersigned organisations urge the Human Rights Council to act urgently to respond to the violent repression of demonstrations currently underway in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.  The Human Rights Council cannot be a passive bystander of such events, during which the lives of ordinary citizens have been taken or put at risk through violent and unlawful repression. Hundreds of thousands of people in several countries have taken to the streets to peacefully call for their fundamental rights and freedoms to be…

Military police investigations has summoned colleague and lawyer Ahmed Ragheb, director of Hisham Mubarak Law Center tomorrow, Tuesday, 10 a.m. (22 Waley El Ahd street – Hadaek El Kobba – Cairo) regarding the attack by military police on the center on the 3rd of February 2011. Raghib had filed a complaint to the military prosecutor against military police regarding the break into the center, the destruction of its property and the arrest of all present on the 3rd of February. It was therefore expected that Raghib be summoned…

Eight young activists were arrested Tuesday the 4th of January 2011 from a solidarity gathering in Shubra. For hours lawyers and activists gathered yesterday in front of the North Cairo prosecution to demand the release of their colleagues. The eight activist were made to sign an acknowledgement today of their referral to an urgent trial tomorrow morning in the Rod El Farag court of demeanor, a procedure recently used by authorities against democracy activists Ahmed Doma (Justice and Freedom movement – Cairo) and Hassan…