Detention
Alert: What do you need to know if you are an immigrant in Egypt during the security crackdown because of protest calls during COP 27?
During the past weeks, Egyptian human rights organizations have documented campaigns of arbitrary arrests in some areas in Cairo and other governorates. The campaigns included arresting pedestrians in the streets, verifying their personal identities, searching the contents of mobile phones and social media, and detaining people for hours. The organizations also documented the arrest of...
Stop the crime of forced deportation against seven Eritrean asylum seekers
Urgent call: The Refugees’ Platform in Egypt has received First-hand information that the Egyptian authorities, represented by the Ministry of Interior, began the process of deporting seven Eritrean asylum seekers this morning, after arbitrary detention of two years. Amongst them are women and children. Early this morning, the Ministry of Interior transferred the seven detainees...