GCHR expresses solidarity with prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid as he heads to trial
Update: Egypt: The Hearing in the trial of prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid in which the verdict will be declared has been postponed to 17 September
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Egyptian woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan banned from travel to feminist meeting
On 27 June, feminist activist and woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan was banned from travelling from Cairo to Beirut to participate in a meeting of the Women Human
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GCHR expresses solidarity with Nazra and strongly condemns judicial harassment against NGOs
On 22 March 2016, Nazra for Feminist Studies announced the official summons and charges against its founder and director, Mozn Hassan, by the Egyptian authorities.
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El Nadeem Centre for Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence served with closure order
Authorities in Egypt have ordered the closure of prominent Cairo-based El Nadeem Centre for Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence. Founded in 1993, El
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Travel ban issued against prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid, en route to training
In the early hours of 04 February 2016, Egyptian security forces at Cairo International Airport banned prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid from travelling to Athens,
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Government targets Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) under NGO law
After a speech delivered by the Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) on 28 May 2015 before the Human Rights Committee of the European
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