Egypt

A human rights revolution

Emerson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:28:26 +0000

AIUK : Middle East protest movements 'have proved astonishingly resilient' - Report summarises historic year

Emerson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:43:21 +0000

Amnesty International Interim Middle East and North Africa Director Philip Luther said:

“With few exceptions, governments have failed to recognise that everything has changed.

“The protest movements across the region, led in many cases by young people and with women playing central roles, have proved astonishingly resilient in the face of sometimes staggering repression."

Source: AIUK : Middle East protest movements 'have proved astonishingly resilient' - Report summarises historic year

Arab Spring Update - Amnesty TV

Emerson — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:27:03 +0100

Women in Middle East and North Africa

vero — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:45:53 +0100

Audio - Teargas in Tahrir Square

Emerson — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:53:36 +0100

Amnesty International's Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui reports from demonstrations in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

Source: Audio - Teargas in Tahrir Square

Teargas in Tahrir Square

Emerson — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:46:33 +0100

Women's human rights in Egypt

Emerson — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:06:33 +0100

The Egyptian authorities must amend existing legislation to better protect women in Egypt, and ensure they play an active role in reforms.

Women played a key role during the 18 days of protest that led to former president Hosni Mubarak's downfall.

Young and old, veiled and unveiled, educated and illiterate, they stood up and chanted for change. Many abandoned the way they had previously led their lives, and overturned deeply ingrained attitudes surrounding 'appropriate' behaviour for women.

However, when discussions on change and reform in Egypt began, they were overlooked.

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Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : Not like your daughter or mine: forced 'virginity tests' in Egypt

Emerson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:08:45 +0100

You might have missed the remarks made by an Egyptian general to CNN this week. He was talking about the army's treatment of a group of women who had formed part of a protest in Tahrir Square on 9 March.

The general, who apparently wanted to remain anonymous, is quoted as saying:

"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine. These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protestors in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and drugs. We didn't want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren't virgins in the first place. None of them were."

Source: Amnesty Blogs: Press release me, let me go : Not like your daughter or mine: forced 'virginity tests' in Egypt

CNN: Egyptian general admits 'virginity checks' conducted on protesters

Emerson — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:02:23 +0100

Cairo (CNN) -- A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities.

Source: CNN: Egyptian general admits 'virginity checks' conducted on protesters

Egypt - the story so far

Emerson — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:27:34 +0100

Nearly 100 days on from the fall of Mubarak, Amnesty has published a blockbuster report on all that happened in the Egypt uprising.

Source: Egypt - the story so far

Waseem Wagdi: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:55:20 +0100

In Solidarity, In Defiance - Activists from Middle East and North Africa

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:50:22 +0100

Salil Shetty's message to Cairo: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:39:20 +0100

Nadje Al-Ali: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:24:13 +0100

Amira Ben-Gacem: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:09:13 +0100

Chris Doyle: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:57:16 +0100

Pete Murray: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:43:32 +0100

David Cockcroft: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:34:00 +0100

Sally Hunt: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:25:42 +0100

Sharan Burrow: In Solidarity, In Defiance

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:09:12 +0100

In Solidarity, In Defiance - Salil Shetty

Charlotte_K — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:35:06 +0100

Twitter network of Arab and Middle East protests - interactive map

Charlotte_K — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:50:41 +0100

Follow the latest tweets on protests around the Arab world and the Middle East from the Guardian's network of journalists, bloggers and experts.

Source: Twitter network of Arab and Middle East protests - interactive map

Egypt: Draft law banning protests and strikes should be scrapped

Charlotte_K — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:04:30 +0100

The Egyptian authorities should scrap a draft law aimed at criminalising strikes and protests, Amnesty International said ahead of demonstrations against the law set for tomorrow.

Source: Egypt: Draft law banning protests and strikes should be scrapped

Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests

Charlotte_K — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:01:07 +0000

Ever since a man in Tunisia burnt himself to death in December 2010 in protest at his treatment by police, pro-democracy rebellions have erupted across the Middle East. Our interactive timeline traces key events

Source: Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests

Arab feminism

vero — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:36:25 +0000

Arms and the Cameron

SamSam — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:37:44 +0000

In several speeches last year, the recently-elected coalition government announced a new “direction” to foreign policy, interpreted by many as one with a greater emphasis on trade.

But William Hague was keen to stress that there would “no downgrading of human rights”. The rule of law and “values” dear to the UK would be advanced around the world. “We cannot achieve long term security and prosperity unless we uphold our values”, said Hague.

Source: Arms and the Cameron

Egypt: Reports emerge of scores of prison killings

SamSam — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:00:22 +0000

Egyptian prison guards in watchtowers are feared to have shot dead scores of inmates and a visitor during unrest at a prison near Cairo.

Source: Egypt: Reports emerge of scores of prison killings

'We Stand With You as You Stood With Us'

SamSam — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:02:11 +0000

Kamal Abbas is General Coordinator of the CTUWS, an umbrella advocacy organization for independent unions in Egypt. The CTUWS, which was awarded the 1999 French Republic's Human Rights Prize, suffered repeated harassment and attack by the Mubarak regime, and played a leading role in its overthrow.

Source: 'We Stand With You as You Stood With Us'

When tyrants want tear gas, the UK has always been happy to oblige

SamSam — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:21:30 +0000

The notorious Export Credits Guarantee Department, responsible for some of the most economically foolhardy and unethical business deals of the past 20 years, has been boosted. From arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, to oil and gas pipelines in central Asia, to mega-dams in sub-Saharan Africa, the ECGD has backed projects that have been implicated in corruption, environmental destruction and human rights abuses.

Source: When tyrants want tear gas, the UK has always been happy to oblige

Egypt: Detainees allege torture at hands of military

SamSam — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:32:06 +0000

Recently-released detainees told Amnesty researchers in Egypt that members of the armed forces used beatings, whippings and other forms of torture and ill-treatment to intimidate protestors and to obtain information about plans for the protests.

Source: Egypt: Detainees allege torture at hands of military