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Human Rights in Arab Republic of Egypt

Amnesty International  Report 2013


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End army abuses in Egypt | Amnesty International
29 June 2012

Egypt's military council must give up policing powers.

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Amnesty International | Egypt: New President must restore rule of ...
29 June 2012

Amnesty International today called on Egypt's new president to rise to the challenge of breaking the cycle of abuse perpetuated under Hosni Mubarak and the Supreme ...

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Deadly and dangerous arms trade
21 June 2012

It is time for all governments to commit to securing an international Arms Trade Treaty. Hundreds of thousands of people are killed, injured, raped, repressed and ...

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Amnesty International | Egypt: Unrestrained army powers threat to ...
19 June 2012

Egypt's ruling military council's decision to grant itself unrestrained powers, ahead of the results of the presidential elections, sets the country on the path ...

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Egypt: Unrestrained army powers threat to human rights | Amnesty ...
18 June 2012

By granting itself new sweeping powers, Egypt's ruling military council has set the country on the path to further human rights violations.

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Egypt must urgently cancel 'dangerous' new powers given to ...
14 June 2012

The Justice Ministry's decision to extend the military's power to arrest and investigate civilians paves the way for fresh human rights violations.

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Egypt: Investigate attacks on women protesters | Amnesty ...
11 June 2012

Activists calling for an end to sexual harassment of women protesters have been groped and punched by a group of men.

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Egypt: Mubarak verdict fails to deliver full justice | Amnesty ...
2 June 2012

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the killing of protesters last year.

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Amnesty International | Egypt must return to rule of law as state ...
1 June 2012

The end of Egypt's 31-year state of emergency must signal a return to the rule of law, Amnesty International said after the measure timed out on Thursday, two years ...

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Egypt must return to rule of law as state of emergency ends ...
1 June 2012

Egypt's state of emergency has ended and the authorities must now combat the systemic abuses the measure facilitated.

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