Advocacy / Egypt
200 days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s enforced disappearance: Reveal his whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 8 January 2025, in flagrant violation of due process guarantees and other international human rights obligations, notably the principle of non-refoulement.
Joint letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. urging action on the ongoing detention of Galal El-Behairy
PEN America and 10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree Galal el-Behairy with relevant authorities in Cairo.Your Excellency,
Rights organizations call on Egypt to end transnational repression against exiled journalist Basma Mostafa
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists. We specifically urge the government to respond to the UN report detailing the harassment and surveillance of Egyptian investigative journalist Basma Mostafa, currently residing in Germany.
Egypt: NGOs demand the immediate and unconditional release of Ibrahim Metwally, detained solely for peacefully exercising his human rights
MENA Rights Group joins 20+ NGOs to demand the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, arbitrarily detained since 2017.
Urgent Appeal to the UK Prime Minister: Act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah
On May 21, 2025, MENA Rights Group joined 33 human rights organisations in sending an urgent letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC, urging immediate action for the release of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah.Alaa completed his unjust prison sentence in Egypt in September 2024, yet remains arbitrarily detained. His mother, Laila Soueif, has been on a hunger strike for nearly eight months in protest, after years of exercising every other option available trying to free Alaa. The letter highlights:
UN Event Highlights Human Rights Abuses in MENA Region Under the Guise of Counter-Terrorism
On the sidelines of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together civil society actors and the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism to discuss concerning trends of counter-terrorism abuse and its negative impact on human rights across the MENA region.
Joint statement: The blocking of Zawia 3 is a serious escalation in Egypt’s restrictions on press freedom
MENA Rights Group joins 30+ organisations in condemning the Egyptian authorities' decision to block the independent media platform Zawia 3, amidst a broader pattern of restrictions on press freedom and digital rights in Egypt.
Open letter to UK Foreign Secretary: statement on human rights crisis in Egypt at the UN HRC
MENA Rights Group joins a coalition of 25 UK, Egyptian and international organisations in urging British Foreign Secretary David Lammy to use the UN Human Rights Council to draw attention to the pronounced human rights crisis in Egypt. Doing so would support arbitrarily imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the groups said.