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Egypt: end violent crackdown on peaceful protest and restore communications with world

Jan 28, 2011 | News

The ICJ today called on the Egyptian authorities to end its violent crackdown on protesters engaged in peaceful demonstrations, exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.

The ICJ also called on the authorities to restore Internet and mobile phone communications, access to which has apparently been widely blocked, leaving most Egyptians unable to communicate with each other or with the outside world.

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Promotion and protection of all human rights; Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/13/30/Add.1, 2 March 2010

Mar 2, 2010

Opinion No. 42/2008 (EGYPT): Communication addressed to the Government on 30 May 2008 Concerning Messrs. A, B, C, and D (Full names were transmitted to the Government but are not published at source’s request). The State is a party to the International Covenant on...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/10/44/Add.4, 17 February 2009: Egypt

Feb 17, 2009

Allegations Transmitted 61. A.S. R., M. H. A., A. M. M., K. A. A. and A. H. A., who are the subjects of a criminal case before the Qasr al-Nil Court of Misdemeanors. On 24 October 2007, Mr. A. S. R. and Mr. M. H. A. were arrested during an altercation in Bab El-Louk...

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood trial before military court adjourned again

Jun 8, 2007

On 3 June, international and national trial observers were banned from observing the first session of the military trial of 33 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants were not formally charged, but received a list of offences relating to financing of...

International panel concludes mission on counter-terrorism measures in the Middle East

Jun 7, 2007 | News

Two members of the Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights, appointed by the ICJ, concluded today the hearings and consultations for the Middle East region held in Cairo.

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Egypt: end violent crackdown on peaceful protest and restore communications with world

Promotion and protection of all human rights; Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/13/30/Add.1, 2 March 2010

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/10/44/Add.4, 17 February 2009: Egypt

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood trial before military court adjourned again

International panel concludes mission on counter-terrorism measures in the Middle East

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