The genius of Mubarakism is that it remains anti-political.

Amnesty International today criticized Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country.

Egyptian activists and bloggers are gearing up for today’s showdown between the government and leading blogger Wael Abbas, who was sentenced last fall to 6 months in prison.

Press Release: Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday( 17 February 2010).

On Friday (19 February, 2010) as part of its review before the UN Human Rights Council, Egypt stood before governments from around the world and either rejected or failed to

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.

According to Binyam’s lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, senior government officials are legally obliged to ensure that staff is trained properly in accordance with the United nations’ convention against torture.

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