Press Release ………………………………………………………………………. The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development condemns the attack on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso near Togo and Benin by a group of armed terrorists on Sunday 21-5-2023 suspected of being jihadists. As the attackers killed about 15 civilians, mostly herders, by executing them and then they took their livestock, and people were also injured. Gunmen also launched another attack at around 9 p.m., causing some residents to flee massively from the shooting. This is not the first time that an attack has taken place by a terrorist group in Burkina Faso, actually the violent

Press Release ……………………………………………………………… On Monday, 22/5/2023, the Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development issues its report on: “Armed conflicts and Refugees’ suffering”, which addresses the impacts of the armed conflicts and the suffering they cause to refugees, through several axes: Armed conflicts are among the most serious threats to human life, especially civilians, who find themselves dragged into a cycle of conflict that narrows them every day and endangering their lives. Armed conflict is often the cause and consequence of State divisions, the erosion of civil society, the lack of respect for domestic law and international standards, and the erosion of traditional

Press Release ………………………………………… The Egyptian Coalition for Development and Human Rights welcomed the resolutions of the International Human Rights Council on the human rights impact of the conflict in Sudan in the special session on May 11, 2023, which was held to express the Council’s urgent concern for the rights and lives of the people of Sudan. It urged all influential states in the region to encourage all possible means to solve this crisis. Whereas, it adopted the following resolutions by 18 votes to 15, with 14 abstentions. Appointment of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Radwan Naseer as the

Press Release ………………………………………………………. The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development expresses its condemnation of the terrorist attack that targeted civilians in the village of Yolo in northwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday 11-5-2023. They targeted peaceful citizens who were engaged in carrying out their activities of growing vegetables on the banks of the river, causing loss of life, and the initial death toll as a result of the attack reached 33 people. The attackers were heavily armed and carried out the attack on motorcycles and fired indiscriminately. The Egyptian Coalition condemns these despicable and barbaric terrorist acts that continue on

Press Release ………………………………………………………… Today, Tuesday, 9/5/2023, the Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development (ECHRD) issues its report ‘Drama and the Reality of Human Rights’, which deals with drama and its positive and negative effects in supporting and rooting human rights values in society through several axes, represented in clarifying what is meant by drama, explaining the role played by drama in raising awareness of human rights, analyzing the negative and positive impact of drama on human rights with the presentation of some examples of Egyptian dramas, presenting the efforts of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in supporting

..Press Release ………………………………………………… Today, Sunday, 2/4/2023, the Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development issues its report Central Africa Republic: A Struggle for Hegemony and Influence and Crimes against Humanity, which deals with the civil war in the African Republic, and the extent of the suffering of women and children in its cause, through some of the following points: In December 2013, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as violence spread in the Central African Republic, where militants brutally killed civilians, looted homes and burned villages. To date, more than 792,584 refugees from the Central African