News Nov 15, 2017 Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab to face trial over Nile comments Jokes about the Nile are as old as the river itself, but one Egyptian pop singer has been told she will stand trial after joking about disease in the famous waterway.
News Oct 25, 2017 After Four Years in Egypt Jail, Ibrahim Halawa is Home Arrested in August 2013 along with hundreds more, Ibrahim went on trial for an alleged role in violence during protests in Cairo—charges he, witnesses, and his lawyers, all denied. He is finally returning home after being acquitted.
News Oct 12, 2017 Egyptian Activist Receives a Top Human Rights Award GENEVA — A prominent Egyptian lawyer and activist was awarded a Swiss-based foundation’s prestigious human rights award on Tuesday, drawing international attention to the Egyptian government’s crackdown on civil rights groups.
News Oct 9, 2017 LGBT people in Egypt targeted in wave of arrests and violence Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Egypt are living in fear following a wave of arrests and violence.
Press Release Mar 7, 2017 HRF to Egypt: Hold Mubarak Accountable Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the March 2, 2017, decision by Egypt’s highest court acquitting former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of complicity in the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
Press Release Apr 11, 2016 Egypt: Halt Persecution of Civil Society Groups HRF calls on the Egyptian government to drop all charges and vacate the arbitrary convictions against members of non-governmental organizations.
Press Release Feb 25, 2016 Egypt: HRF & American University Washington College of Law Submit Petition to UN Yesterday, HRF handed the petition to representatives of the WGAD requesting that the group issue an opinion declaring Mr. Zeid’s detention to be arbitrary.
Press Release Aug 25, 2015 Egypt: Release Photojournalist “Shawkan;” Dismiss Case Against Him The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the arbitrary detention of Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, best known as “Shawkan,” and calls on the government of Egypt to immediately release him.
Announcement Jun 1, 2012 Announcing OFF 2012 Speaker: Mona Eltahawy Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning Egyptian-American journalist.
