02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99612]

26.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Prisoners of opinion in the shadow of the pyramids"

Several dissident bloggers who published articles on websites harassed or arrested [ID 99403]

20.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 178/08 [AFR 64/003/2008]"

Egyptian authorities organised a mass forcible return of Eritreans starting on 11 June [ID 98963]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest. Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders [ID 98674]

18.06.2008 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"Egypt's Muslim Brothers: Confrontation or Integration?"

Report on the Muslim Brothers in Egypt (consequences of the Muslim Brother's electoral success; the Muslim Brother's political discourses; towards integration?) [ID 98704]

16.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 165/08 (MDE 12/011/2008, 12 June 2008) [MDE 12/013/2008]"

A further 490 Eritrean asylum-seekers have been deported to Massawa in Eritrea, and hundreds more are apparently detained at Central Security Forces camp in Shallal [ID 98670]

15.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Iraq: Rhetoric and reality: the Iraqi refugee crisis [MDE 14/011/2008]"

Report on Iraqi refugees; including situation in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt (overview, situation of refugees, "voluntary" returns, forced returns and resettlement) [ID 98668]

13.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"The EIPR prevented from participating in a UN meeting"

Government prevented Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) from participating in UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS [ID 98552]

13.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Egypt stops a man marrying a girl 75 years his junior"

Government stops 92-year-old man from marrying 17-year-old girl; new law says age gap between spouses should not exceed 25 years [ID 98418]

12.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 165/08 [MDE 12/011/2008]"

Egyptian authorities forcibly returned a group of around 200 asylum-seekers to Eritrea in the night of 11 June, and are preparing to forcibly return a further 1,400. In Eritrea they will be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment [ID 98496]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Sudanese refugees face dilemma of return"

Article on the situation of refugees in Egypt; many Sudanese refugees pushed into considering voluntary repatriation [ID 98535]

09.06.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Ägypten Monatsbericht Mai 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (May 2008) [ID 98837]

08.06.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Luxury cotton's true cost exposed"

Media investigation uncovers children as young as 7 working on Nile Valley plantations that provide cotton to Western countries [ID 98029]

06.06.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Obey Court, Recognize Labor Group"

HRW calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately remove all restrictions against labour organisation Center for Trade and Union Workers Services (CTUWS) and comply with court order to legally recognise workers' rights group [ID 98033]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

02.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Blogger Kareem el-Beheiri freed after 73 days in prison"

Blogger Kareem el-Beheiri freed after 73 days in prison [ID 97780]

30.05.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Egypt: Investigate Forcible Return of Refugees to Sudan"

Egyptian authorities should investigate the forced return to Sudan of at least 11 Sudanese who were officially recognised as refugees and asylum seekers, HRW said [ID 97875]

29.05.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Copts shot dead in Cairo attack"

Cairo: 4 Coptic Christians shot dead in attack against jewellery shop [ID 97719]

29.05.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Egypt: Court Upholds HIV Sentences, Reinforces Intolerance"

A appeals court's decision to uphold the sentences imposed on 5 men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS underscores the government's dangerous indifference to public health and justice, HRW said [ID 97872]

28.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 97634]

28.05.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Egypt detentions condemned"

Amnesty International says about 18,000 people are held in jail in Egypt without charges or trials [ID 97691]

28.05.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Egypt: Extending State of Emergency Violates Rights"

Government's abrupt extension by two years of the country's decades-old state of emergency shows contempt for the rule of law, HRW said [ID 97866]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98207]

26.05.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Egypt renews emergency law"

Egypt's parliament extends emergency rule, although president pledged to replace it three years ago [ID 97332]

24.05.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Egypt: Satellite Company Punished for Protest Footage"

Authorities have enforced media licensing laws to punish a company associated with broadcasting information critical of the government, HRW said [ID 97865]