As a result of Egypt’s Universal Periodical Review (UPR) at the UN, the Human Rights Council released a total of 165 recommendations intended to remedy what the council believes is

Egypt was under fire yesterday at the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodical Review (UPR), an evaluative process established by the UN General Assembly in 2006 to critique countries’ human

Delegations praised the work of the Egyptian government in these fields and its recommendations were limited to supporting Egypt and encouraging it to continue developing in these fields.

Following the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council’s recommendations to on Egypt, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomed the fact that the government decided to accept the

"The state of emergency, which has been in force since 1981, has had a negative impact on human rights," French ambassador Jean-Baptiste Mattei told the UN Human Rights Council during

Egyptian Security Forces arrested 16 of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders on Monday February 8, 2010. The arrests included the Brotherhood's Deputy Chairman Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, and three members of the

“The MB is based on reform on the basis of correct and complete Islam through all and any peaceful means,” the statement said.

Egypt's eminent judges and law professors called on the ruling regime to change the present Articles of the Egyptian constitution, amend sections of the law governing the Constitutional Court and

The arbitrary arrest by Egyptian security forces of 16 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood on February 8, bodes ill for the election year ahead, Human Rights Watch said today.

In roundups on January 28, February 2, and February 7, security forces arrested at least 31 Brotherhood members.