e-1848 (Egypt)
- Keywords
- Civil and human rights
- Egypt
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The Egyptian government has engaged in a wide-ranging effort to crackdown against civil society and independent media;
- has arrested at least 60,000 political prisoners including the former democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi;
- has tried 7,400 civilians under military courts between 2014 and 2016 alone;
- has executed at least 97 people since 2014 and sentenced 75 persons to death in September 2018;
- has had 118 deaths, 347 cases of individual torture and 212 cases of collective torture in its prisons in 2017;
- is fostering an environment of discrimination and violence against minority groups;
- has denied the requests of UN Special Rapporteurs to visit the country; and
- has rejected the request of the UK parliament for an independent body to investigate the treatment and health condition of President Mohamed Morsi and other political detainees.
- Open for signature
- September 27, 2018, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- January 25, 2019, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Gary Anandasangaree
(Scarborough—Rouge Park)
May 30, 2019 (Petition No. 421-04052) - Government response tabled
- August 21, 2019