The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Following the approval of the Prosecutor General Office, a delegation included human rights activists, members of the Freedoms’ Committee of the Egyptian Bar Association and a number of journalists visited Tora Prison. The delegation aimed at checking the conditions of the prisoners inside the prison and to what extent the standards of human rights are maintained. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) held an open discussion on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at 12 pm, in EOHR premises. “When military trials for civilians stop” workshop was attended by representatives of the Egyptian political parties, university professors, parliamentary members, human rights’ activists and media specialists. Read the rest of this entry »

On July 25, 2011, Cairo Court postponed the trial of General Habeb Al Adely, the former minister of interior, and his aides, who were charged for murdering and injuring civil protesters during the revolution. The lawsuit will be discussed by judge Ahmed Fahmy Refat on August 3, 2011, after adding the file to the lawsuit no. 3642, year 2011 of President Mubarak. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) calls the prosecutor general for opening investigations on the forcible disappearance of many people including the journalist Reda Helal. On July 21, 2011, Al Wafd Newspaper, page 7, published a report on an interview with the police officer Mahmoud Abdel Nabi, a member of the Honest Police Officers’ Coalition. In which, he said that “the police killed him, I know the murderer officer. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) will hold an open discussion on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at 12 pm, in EOHR premises. “When military trials for civilians stop” workshop will be attended by representatives of the Egyptian political parties, university professors, parliamentary members, human rights’ activists and media specialists. Read the rest of this entry »

In the framework of the roundtable discussion, held by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) under the title “Draft Law for People’s Assembly and Shura Councils: A Step Backwards” on Monday, July 11, 2011, at the organization’s headquarters, Egyptian Political parties’ members and legal experts agreed on applying the unconditioned electoral proportional list and opening the door for forming new political parties. The experts also called for accurate definition to the words “farmer” and “laborer”. Some of the participants called for cancelation of Shura council and others stated that it is such a specialized council and its roles are very significant. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) announces forming an operation room and a network for providing legal assistance for the civil protesters. The network will include a number of field lawyers in all the Egyptian governorates to receive complaints from individuals and groups during the protest that will be organized next Friday, July 8, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) hosts a round table discussion under the title “Draft Law for People’s Assembly and Shura Councils: A Step Backwards” on Monday, July 11, 2011, at the organization’s headquarters at precisely 12:00 p.m. The participants of this round table discussion include prominent political figures from various political parties, law professors and representatives of civil society organizations.  It aims at evaluating the current situation and its effect on the electoral process in the upcoming period and proposing solutions amid the vigorous changes. Read the rest of this entry »

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), on July 6, 2011, issues a report prepared by its fact finding mission on   Balloon and Tahrir incidents. The mission went to the incidents’ areas to have the complete vision about what happened and also to collect many points if views on the clashes. The incidents resulted 1400 injured people, among them there were 70 policemen. 50 people were arrested and referred to the military prosecution office in charge of Vandalism and riots. Read the rest of this entry »