Freedom of Allegations concerning growing restrictions on civil society and increased 12/06/2015 Egypt expression; targeting of human rights defenders in the context of the implementation of the JAL Freedom of Law on Non-Governmental Organizations (Law 84/2002). According to the peaceful assembly information received, in April 2015, a committee of experts of the Ministry of and of association; Social Solidarity was assigned to investigate the Egyptian Democratic Academy. Human rights In December 2014 and January 2015, Mr. Hossameldin Ali, Mr. Ahmed Ghonim defenders; and Ms. Esraa Abdel Fattah, all Academy members, were banned from traveling abroad. On 9 June 2015, the committee inspected the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, whose staff, including Mr. Bahey el-Din Hassan, its general director, have recently been stopped by airport authorities, upon arrival and departure from the country, and have regularly been questioned about their work. Furthermore, in September 2014, the registration application of the Foundation of victims of abduction and enforced disappearance, as regulated by the Law, was rejected without any justification given. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and application was also denied without reason given. Furthermore, on 2 Freedoms’ June 2015, Mr. Mohamed Lotfy, its executive director, was stopped at Cairo airport and banned from traveling to Germany to address the German Parliament on the human rights situation in Egypt. Concerns relative to the Law were addressed in four previous communications sent on 17 November 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. EGY 12/2011; on 12 February 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. EGY 4/2013; on 20 March 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. EGY 5/2013; and on 29 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. EGY 11/2014.
12/06/2015 JAL Egypt Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations concerning growing restrictions on civil society and increased targeting of human rights defenders in the context of the implementation of the Law on Non-Governmental Organizations (Law 84/2002). According to the information received, in April 2015, a committee of experts of the Ministry of Social Solidarity was assigned to investigate the Egyptian Democratic Academy. In December 2014 and January 2015, Mr. Hossameldin Ali, Mr. Ahmed Ghonim and Ms. Esraa Abdel Fattah, all Academy members, were banned from traveling abroad. On 9 June 2015, the committee inspected the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, whose staff, including Mr. Bahey el-Din Hassan, its general director, have recently been stopped by airport authorities, upon arrival and departure from the country, and have regularly been questioned about their work. Furthermore, in September 2014, the registration application of the Foundation of victims of abduction and enforced disappearance, as regulated by the Law, was rejected without any justification given. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms’ application was also denied without reason given. Furthermore, on 2 June 2015, Mr. Mohamed Lotfy, its executive director, was stopped at Cairo airport and banned from traveling to Germany to address the German Parliament on the human rights situation in Egypt. Concerns relative to the Law were addressed in four previous communications sent on 17 November 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. EGY 12/2011; on 12 February 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. EGY 4/2013; on 20 March 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. EGY 5/2013; and on 29 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. EGY 11/2014.
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