AFTE condemns the campaign of oppression by a military force against students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Mansoura University who had been in a protest sit in for the past three months on campus. The attack took place last Wednesday during the Late evening prayers. Student Amr Hamama, one of the protesters, says that while they were praying, an …
AFTE has released its first comparative legal study on “freedom of exchange of information” realizing the need for a legal foundation of this essential right and vital component of democracy.   The study consists of two sections; the first reviewing freedom of exchange of information in the constitutional context, including the 1971 constitution which…
Research team: Nefisa Dessouki, director of Academic Freedom program, Kholoud Saber, Assistant Director, Roaa Ghariebm, researcher at AFTE, Emad Naim, electronic media officer. Report was revised by Emad Mubarak, Executive Director.   Introduction   Following the 25th of January revolution and with the beginning of the second academic term, Cai…
AFTE condemns the flagrant interference by national security authorities – previously known as state security investigations, in internal university affairs as before the 25th of January revolution. A number of Egyptian newspapers, including El Masry El Youm, El Dostour, El Akhbar, over the past two days published lists of faculty members submitted by Cairo…
The undersigned express serious concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain and the insistence of the Bahraini government to use force against civil society and human rights activists. They are also involving the judiciary in political issues and the trial of these activists before military tribunals, which is in clear violation of the …