Statements

Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices

Joint Statement The signatories consider the summoning of Dr. Aida Seif al-Dawla, a co-founder of...

The Public Prosecution Must Urgently Investigate the Death of a Sudanese Refugee Inside the al-Shorouk Police Station and Ensure the Release of Refugees Arbitrarily Detained

Cairo, February 10th, 2026 The Refugee Platform in Egypt expresses its deep sorrow and anger...

The Refugee Platform in Egypt launches the first interactive digital database to archive public policies on migration and asylum in Egypt and Mediterranean countries

In light of the bureaucratic and administrative complexities and legal challenges faced by non-Egyptian forcibly...

Joint Statement Forced Deportation and Escalating Discrimination Egypt Turns Forcibly Displaced Syrian Citizens from Residents and Refugees into ‘Violators’ Under Threat of Arrest and Deportation

Cairo, January 22, 2026  The undersigned organizations sound the alarm regarding what amounts to a...

UN communication highlights escalating violations against refugees in Egypt

Joint statement Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) Four human...

Press Release: Rights Groups Urge Italy To Stop The Deportation Of Mohamed Shahin to Egypt, Ensure His Right to Seek Asylum

13 civil society organizations call on the Italian government and the Ministry of the Interior...

Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights .. Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations

(Beirut, November 20, 2025) – The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act...

Joint Statement: The Third Trial of Hoda Abdelmonem

The undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of lawyer at the Court of Cassation and former...

From Pledges to Implementation at COP30 (Belém, Brazil): Environmental and Climate Accountability, Equitable Loss and Damage Financing, and a Just Transition that Upholds Rights, Nature, and Biodiversity

Coinciding with the opening of the climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the undersigned organizations...

Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities

The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy”...

Hoda Abdelmoniem Marks Seven Years Behind Bars Despite Deteriorating Health: An Urgent Call for Her Immediate Release

As of today, Hoda Abdelmoniem, the prominent lawyer and human rights defender, has spent seven...

Protecting the Rights of Forcibly Displaced People Must Become a Priority in the European-Egyptian Partnership’s Agenda

Issued by: Refugee Platform in Egypt Date: October 22nd, 2025 The Refugees Platform in Egypt...

EU/Egypt: First summit should not ignore human rights violations

(Brussels, 21 Oct. 2025) – As the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and...

Mass Grave Uncovered in Egypt Implicates Egyptian Authorities in War Crimes.. New evidence reveals widespread extrajudicial executions of civilians

(23 September – Geneva)  As Egypt makes a bid for election to the United Nations...

Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law

We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel...

Rights Organisations Demand an End to Increasing Violations Against Egyptian Baha’is

The undersigned human rights organisations condemn the Egyptian government’s response to a letter from seven...

More than 200 Organisations Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected 

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation...

Urgent Appeal on Critical Health of Egyptian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim

The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the severe deterioration in the health...

Egypt’s Diplomatic Missions Weaponized as transnational repression tool

We strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools of transnational repression...

Egypt: On his 25th birthday, rights organizations renew demand for disclosure of fate of Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, forcibly disappeared for over six years

1 September 2025 Egypt: On his 25th birthday, rights organizations renew demand for disclosure of...

Refugee Platform in Egypt Draped in Black While Mourning Palestinian Journalists from Gaza and the Empty Conscience of the Globe 

Tomorrow, Monday, September 1st, 2025, Refugee Platform in Egypt will join more than 250 media...