September 17, 2019
Your Excellency,
The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. We are writing to strongly urge your government to use this occasion to address the ongoing human rights crisis in Egypt.
Since the last review of Egypt’s record in 2014, human rights violations have increased sharply and the undersigned organisations and our partners have documented unprecedented levels of repression against human rights organisations and human rights defenders. The UPR is an opportunity for States to contribute to reversing these trends and promoting respect for human rights in Egypt.
We urge your government to take part in the UPR process and to make concrete recommendations to the Egyptian authorities to urgently address the following issues:
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Immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders, civil society activists and all those detained or imprisoned solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, including lawyers, journalists, labour rights activists, minority rights activists, and LGBTQI activists. Put a stop to excessive police probation measures and the use of prolonged pre-trial detention to punish dissenters, close Case 173/2011 against Egyptian NGOs and lift arbitrary travel bans on human rights defenders.
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https://www.omct.org/monitoring-protection-mechanisms/statements/egypt/2019/09/d25507/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/17/un-address-egypts-assault-rights
Tagged: Egypt, European Union, Human Rights Watch, OMCT, United Nations, Universal Periodic Review
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