Statements

Day and night for weeks now, activists, Sudanese community leaders at home and abroad, support groups and local non-profit organizations in and around Sudan have been providing, with almost no international support, emergency response for people inside Sudan, during their journey of displacement and after arriving in neighboring countries, Egypt Chad, Ethiopia and others. We...

The undersigned are closely following the developments of the armed conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan and are deeply concerned about the massive impact these events are having on the humanitarian situation in the country, as the events have left irreparable damage in essential sectors. And...

We see many racist comments loaded with hatred towards the Sudanese who are facing a catastrophic disaster on our pages and on social media, and we receive messages carrying the same message of hatred, threat and hostility. We reject these hateful racist words in all forms, and we regret and apologize that such comments appear...

Joint Statement by Civil Search And Rescue Organizations and migrants solidarity networks   We, the undersigned organisations, issue this statement to remind once again that Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a safe third country. Therefore, it cannot be considered as a place of safety for people rescued at sea. Given the...

In a serious escalation to the violence against activists and HRDs held in Badr 1 prison, security forces this morning arrested Mrs. Neamatallah Hesham, wife of human rights lawyers and political prisoner Mohamed El Baqer from her home. Her whereabouts remain unknown until the time of releasing this statement.  The signatories to this statement call...

The undersigned civil society organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s decision to refer Bissan Kassab, Rana Mamdouh, and Sarah Seif Eldin, three female journalists from independent Egyptian media outlet Mada Masr, to the Economic Court in Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate on charges of insulting members of parliament (MPs) of the pro-government Mostaqbal Watan Party and misusing social...

Sudanese activists reported a horrific assault in Masaken Othman, 6th of October City, Giza Governorate, where the people were surprised on Sunday, December 4, 2022, by several Egyptian residents stopping two kids residing in the same area and registered as asylum seekers from Sudan, and then tied them to an electric pole, and assaulted them...

Ahead of COP27, 12 Egyptian human rights organizations launched a petition, which is supported by 321 organizations/groups and 1079 individuals from over 80 countries across Africa, Asia, Pacific, Europe, North, and South America, including human rights and climate justice activists, groups and organizations, campaigners, advocates, organizers, academics, journalists, writers, trade unionists, COP27 negotiators, researchers, lawyers, students,...

Alaa Abdel-Fattah is a British-Egyptian writer, human rights defender and software developer. He was one of the leading voices and campaigners during the 25 January 2011 revolution. He has been published in numerous outlets; is well-known for founding a prominent Arabic blog aggregator; and has been involved in a number of citizen journalism initiatives. His...

The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) received confirmed information about the forcible return of twenty-three irregular migrants – mostly Egyptians – after they were rescued from a merchant ship while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards the shores of Europe. According to information reviewed by RPE, the returned migrants were transferred and detained inside...

The undersigned organizations condemn the unjust sentences ordered by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh on Monday, October 10, 2022, against 10 Nubian Egyptians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “Sayed Hashem” was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment, and “Adel Fakir” was imprisoned for 14 years. As for the rest of the sentences, they...

The undersigned organizations condemn the arbitrary detention of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Egypt and call upon the Egyptian government to abide by international and regional treaties and conventions on refugee rights. Arrests and subsequent violations against Eritrean asylum seekers should immediately stop together with an immediate halt to all plans for forced deportations to Eritrea. All...

Thursday, September 29, 2022 marks three years since Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer and British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah were arrested by the Egyptian authorities. As a global coalition of civil society organizations and individuals, we come together on the anniversary of their arrest to call on the Egyptian authorities to...

On July 16, 2022, six human rights and support organisations for the rights of migrants and refugees (The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE), Eritrean Diaspora in East Africa (EDEA), Eritrean Coordination for Human Rights (ECHR), Red Sea Afar Human Rights Organization (RSAHRO), Africa Monitors and Tsilal Ade, Inc.)  demanded in a joint statement published in...

The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) documented the transfer of 21-one Eritrean asylum seekers last Tuesday (June 21, 2022) from Aswan Governorate, where they are being held in different police stations, to the Eritrean Embassy in Cairo.  At the embassy, 20 of the asylum seekers will obtain travel documents that are “valid for Eritrea only.”....

Cairo – 04 June 2022 Over the past two days, the hashtag (#EnoughRefugeesInEgypt), has been trending in Egypt, in a sharp escalation of hate speech against refugees in Egypt. The opponents want to expel refugees from Egypt, claiming that they pose a threat to the country and burden the state’s economy. This is not the...

The Refugees Platform in Egypt – RPE calls on the Egyptian authorities to stop the implementation of an imminent deportation process, as informed sources told RPE that eight Eritrean asylum seekers have been transferred from their detention centre to conduct a Coronavirus test in preparation for their forcible deportation to Asmara. According to the sources,...