We found 608 results for “Egypt”.
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Clinton Speech Should Make Clear America’s Commitment To Human Rights
September 8, 2010
Washington, DC Today, Secretary Hilary Clinton is scheduled to make a major foreign policy address setting out the Obama Administration’s vision for U.S. global leadership…
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The Mess in Sudan – And Those Who Sustain It
August 30, 2010
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof posted two interesting pieces this weekend – an op-ed column and a blog – about the Obama administration’s policy (or lack of coherent…
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Egyptian Activist Promoting Election Transparency Through New Media
August 13, 2010
During a recent trip to Cairo, HRF’s Neil Hicks interviewed Egyptian activist Esraa Abdel Fattah on how she is using social media and other online…
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Human Rights First Continues to Urge reforms to the U.S. Resettlement Program as Congress holds Hearing on Iraqi Refugees
July 26, 2010
Last week in written testimony submitted for the record to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Human Rights First outlined suggested reforms designed…
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Breaking the “Steel Vise:” U.S. Government Support for Civil Society
July 7, 2010
By Neil Hicks, International Policy Advisor Over the weekend at the Community of Democracies conference in Krakow, Poland, Secretary of State Clinton made an important…
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Policemen Detained in Khaled Saeed Murder Case in Egypt
June 30, 2010
Egyptian press reports that two policemen are being detained for investigations into the use of excessive force against Khaled Saeed, a 28-year old Egyptian man beaten to…
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Google Compliance with Censorship Demands will Embolden China and other Repressive Governments
June 29, 2010
Washington, DC Human Rights First today voiced disappointment that only months after challenging China’s censorship policies and announcing a review of its Chinese operations, Google appears…
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Expert Panel to Discuss Obama Strategy’s Influence on Democracy & Human Rights in the Middle East
June 28, 2010
Washington, DC A June 30 luncheon panel discussion hosted by the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung (FES) will tackle tough questions related…
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Web Chat TODAY with Egyptian Activist Nora Younis on the Khaled Saeed Murder
June 21, 2010
Khaled Saeed, a 28-year old man, refused to show Egyptian police his ID in a random raid on an Internet cafe in Alexandria. In response,…
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US Refusal To Investigate Torture Lets Other Countries Do It for Us
June 16, 2010
The Supreme Court’s refusal this week to hear the claims of Maher Arar, a Canadian sent to Syria to be interrogated under torture in 2002, is appropriately being condemned as…
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Op-ed Criticizes Obama on Egypt Policy
June 15, 2010
This week Egypt is in focus, with the brutal murder of Khaled Mohamed Saeed by Egyptian police and the questions involving whether his death will be accounted…
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State Department Calls for Transparent Investigation in Murder outside Cybercafe in Egypt
June 15, 2010
The State Department has called for a transparent investigation into the death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed. He is the 28 year-old who was dragged out of an Internet…