Human rights defender Aida Seif Al-Dawla called on Wednesday for Egyptian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of forcefully disappeared lawmaker and opposition politician, Mustafa Al-Najjar, who has.
Immediate international action is needed to protect Egypt's independent human rights movement, said human rights groups after authorities threatened to dissolve Egyptian civil society organisations unregistered under the repressive law.
New Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi claims to oppose sexual violence from security forces and others, but there is bloodcurdling evidence that it is still used to silence critics.