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Policy Change
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Fed to Fail: A Colonial Cycle of Weaponized Food
From colonial cotton fields to IMF subsidy cuts, Egypt and Tunisia have spent generations trapped in food systems designed around someone else’s priorities. Fed…
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Following Joint Appeal : Canada Reconsiders Hossam Elhamalawy’s eTA Refusal
REDWORD for Human Rights & Freedom of Expression welcomes the Canadian authorities’ decision to reconsider the refusal of Dr. Hossam Elhamalawy’s Electronic Travel Authorization…
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Why Toronto Keep Building Condos No One Can Live In?
Research Focus, Methodology, and Questions: The research focuses on the rapid urban change that has occurred in the City of Toronto, with an emphasis…
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Concerns Regarding the 2025 Accreditation Review of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR)
Dear Members of the GANHRI Sub-Committee on Accreditation, Dear Members of the GANHRI Bureau, We, the undersigned human rights organizations wish to express our…
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REDWORD Discusses Coptic Issues at UN Forum
REDWORD for Human Rights and Freedom of Expression participated in the 18th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, held on November…
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Can Canada call Egypt an “ally” while ignoring its record of repression?
On November 23, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, met with Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, in South Africa during the G20…
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Migrants trapped in Tunisia’s exploitation and EU pressure
Tunisia In the streets of Tunis, they wait. Men from Guinea, Mali, and Sudan stand on street corners and roundabouts, their hands calloused…
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Palestinians in Egypt: From Genocide to Legal Marginalization
When the night settles and its noise fades, and Ghada sits by her window watching Cairo’s lights, she recalls the defining moment between homeland…
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Egypt: Rights Groups Condemn the Arbitrary Referral of Exiled Academic Taqadum Al-Khatib to Trial and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
The undersigned organizations express their condemnation of the continued persecution and harassment of Egyptian researcher and academic Dr. Taqadum Al-Khatib, who has been living…
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Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law
We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to not sign the draft Criminal Procedure…
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From Oslo to New York: Can the Two-State Solution Survive?
Two days ago, the UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution endorsing the “New York Declaration.” The resolution, which addresses achieving a peaceful settlement…
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Egypt’s Diplomatic Missions Weaponized as transnational repression tool
We strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools of transnational repression against peaceful protesters abroad. A recently leaked recording of…