Egypt: HRW Calls for End to ESSC Trials
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Egypt to end the ongoing ‘unjust’ trials of human rights activists before the Emergency State Security Courts (ESSCs). At least 48 human rights defenders, activists, and opposition politicians were referred to the ESSC for trial just before President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi lifted the state of emergency. The state […]
Egypt: AI Faults Sentencing of Activists
Amnesty International (AI) has called on the government of Egypt to release all those detained purely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The global rights group made the call following the sentencing of six Egyptians by a Cairo misdemeanors state security emergency court (ESSC) for ‘spreading false news to undermine national security’. A […]