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Washington Week on Human Rights: January 12, 2015
January 13, 2015
Top News Guantanamo News reports note that next week the Obama Administration plans to transfer five Yemeni detainees from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay,…
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Questions, Human Rights Concerns Remain After Egyptian Court Acquits 26 Men in Bathhouse Case
January 12, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today applauded the news that an Egyptian court acquitted the 26 men who had been on trial for debauchery after…
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Rebuilding the U.S.-Egypt Bilateral Relationship
January 12, 2015
This blog is cross-posted from The Huffington Post: There is one thing I agree with in Steven A. Cook’s recent advice piece on How to Get Egypt’s…
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It’s Time for International Pressure on Egypt’s LGBT Rights Abuses
January 6, 2015
Egypt is in the midst of a broad human rights and civil society crackdown: jailing journalists and activists, raiding and harassing NGOs, using violence against…
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Human Rights First Urges Dismissal of Case Against 23 Egyptian Prisoners
December 22, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today urged the U.S. Government to press Egypt to dismiss the case against 23 prisoners arrested in June 2014 for allegedly…
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New Data Documents Rampant Sexual Harassment in Egypt’s Public Space
December 19, 2014
By Carolyn Greco Ninety-five percent of women surveyed have been subjected to sexual harassment in Cairo, according to a new study released by HarassMap, a project that…
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Egypt’s Entry Visa Canard
December 16, 2014
This is cross posted from The Huffington Post: The Egyptian government has put out mixed explanations as to why it denied entry to prominent scholar and analyst Michele…
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Five Useful Things America’s New Ambassador to Egypt Can Do
December 15, 2014
This is a cross post from The Huffington Post: New U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Stephen Beecroft is expected to arrive in Cairo in the coming weeks…
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U.S. Pledges to Resettle More Syrian Refugees, But Doesn’t Say How Many
December 15, 2014
Last week the United States pledged to lead in resettling Syrian refugees, with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Anne Richard describing how…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: December 15, 2014
December 15, 2014
Top News CIA TORTURE REPORT Last week, the Senate intelligence committee released the executive summary executive summary of its landmark report on the CIA’s post-9/11 detention and interrogation…
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Renewed Waiver Weakens Human Rights Conditions Attached to Egypt Foreign Aid Bill
December 15, 2014
New York City – Human Rights First today said that the national security waiver attached to Egyptian aid provisions for FY 2015 in the new omnibus spending…
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New Blueprint Outlines How the U.S. Government Should Use its Influence to Promote Human Rights in Egypt
December 10, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today issued a new blueprint titled, “How to Prevent Egypt Slipping into a Deepening Crisis,” detailing how the U.S. government…