15 January 2010

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The Washington Post
11 March 2010



CAIRO -- The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate on Thursday strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents, adding that the tactic would not silence calls for change.

Amnesty International USA
11 March 2010

Novelist Musaad Abu Fagr has been in
administrative detention since February
2008, despite obtaining several court
orders for his release

The Egyptian government went before the United Nations Human Rights Council last month and insisted that there is no torture and that State of Emergency provisions are used only against terrorists.

Tell that to Dr. Taha Abdel Tawab.

The doctor, a well-known supporter of former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, was allegedly taken to a state security office and tortured for his support for ElBaradi, who is frequently named as a potential opposition presidential candidate.  According to the Arab human rights organization ANHRI, Tawab was transferred to Senorus hospital in serious condition.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
11 March 2010

The National Democratic Party (NDP) has governed the Arab Republic of Egypt, which has a population of approximately 83 million, since the party's establishment in 1978. The NDP continued to dominate national politics by maintaining an overriding majority in the popularly elected People's Assembly and the partially elected Shura (Consultative) Council.

10 March 2010

Muslims in Egypt who change their faith face persecution by the state and rejection from their families, an investigation by Christian organisation Release International has shown.
 
A Muslim woman who became a Christian told Release how she was kidnapped by her relatives, who pulled out her fingernails to try to make her renounce her new faith.

9 March 2010

(8 March, 2010 – Geneva)   Egypt’s use of the Emergency Law to justify arbitrary detention and the use of exceptional  courts  was examined before the UN Human Rights Council today in a ground-breaking report presented by Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism. 

The report is the first issued by the main human rights body of the United Nations that deals exclusively with the human rights situation in Egypt.

Bikya Masr
9 March 2010

CAIRO: The Egyptian government has denied all observations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council report, local NGOs have reported. The report by Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Martin Scheinin says that Egypt’s use of the Emergency Law to justify arbitrary detention and the use of exceptional courts was examined today.