Human Rights Watch: Egypt - Ending State of Emergency a Start But Insufficient
October 27, 2021
October 27, 2021
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 27 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2021:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's October 25, 2021 announcement that he is lifting the nationwide state of emergency is positive, but far from sufficient to begin to quell the country's prolonged human rights crisis, Human Rights Watch said today.
The government needs to end many other emergency-law-like restrictions on civic participation, freedom of spe . . .
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's October 25, 2021 announcement that he is lifting the nationwide state of emergency is positive, but far from sufficient to begin to quell the country's prolonged human rights crisis, Human Rights Watch said today.
The government needs to end many other emergency-law-like restrictions on civic participation, freedom of spe . . .