We found 628 results for “Egypt”.
Blog
Transparency in the Leahy Laws: Who is Banned?
May 30, 2025
By Adam Keith and Suchita Uppal Each year, the U.S. government provides billions of dollars in training, weapons, and other assistance to foreign security forces…
Blog
Egypt Activists Exasperated at Fading EU Support
April 3, 2025
Activists in Egypt accuse the European Union of not using their leverage with the Cairo government to better protect them and to press for human…
Blog
Bahrain’s Chance to Release Itself from its Past
February 14, 2025
By Brian Dooley A lot can happen in 14 years. Seismic historical shifts haven’t taken that long. Neither the Russian revolution, nor the Great Depression,…
Blog
Dr. Laila Souief’s Downing Street Hunger Strike Continues as her Son Alaa Remains in Egyptian Prison
February 11, 2025
Dr. Laila Souief looked small and frail, but her voice was determined as she addressed the media outside Downing Street in London yesterday. She is…
Blog
What’s Different about the new ICC Sanctions? Still Appalling, Not Much Narrower
February 10, 2025
The new U.S. sanctions program targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) that was announced by executive order on February 6 differs in only minor respects…
Egypt Tries to Lipstick the Pig at its UN UPR
January 31, 2025
Even the most authoritarian regimes care about their international reputation on human rights. This week, it was Egypt’s turn to be examined by the United…
Blog
Five Activists Face Trial in Poland After Helping Migrants
January 20, 2025
Next Tuesday, January 28, five people go on trial in Poland after providing humanitarian aid to people at the Poland-Belarus border. They face serious criminal…
Press
Human Rights First Calls for Magnitsky Sanctions in Egyptian Bribery of Senator Menendez
January 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today called on the U.S. government to impose targeted financial and visa sanctions on a senior Egyptian official and…
Blog
Using Magnitsky Sanctions and Other Tools to Seek the Release of Political Prisoners
November 21, 2024
In our November 13, 2024, webinar, Mobilizing Action for Political Prisoners, Human Rights First brought together human rights experts, advocates, and family members of formerly…
Report
Trapped, Preyed Upon, and Punished
May 7, 2024
One Year of the Biden Administration Asylum Ban Executive summary On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration initiated a new bar on asylum through its…
Press
Human Rights First Announces Leadership Transition
May 2, 2024
The Board of Directors of Human Rights First today announces the departure of President and CEO Michael Breen effective June 1, 2024, after more than…
Blog
Explaining Targeted U.S. Sanctions under the West Bank Executive Order
February 14, 2024
By Adam Keith and Amanda Strayer President Biden’s February 1 executive order (E.O. 14115) created a broad and flexible targeted U.S. sanctions program focused on…