Egypt

Country Information 274

Abduction 1
Acts of persecution 1
Airports 4
Anglican 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 9
Armed forces / Military 3
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9
Asylum-seekers 2
Baha'i 2
Blood feuds 2
Catholic 2
Children's rights 1
Children-at-risk 2
Christian 38
Civil and political rights 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
Copts 35
Corruption 5
Criminal justice 4
Deportation / Forcible return 1
Domestic violence 5
Drug trafficking 1
Elections 4
Entry / Exit 5
Evangelical 6
Expulsion 1
False documents 3
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
Forced marriage 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
Freedom of assembly and association 1
Freedom of expression 6
Freedom of information 4
Freedom of movement 5
Freedom of religion 34
Freedom of speech 3
Good governance 1
HIV and AIDS 2
Honour killings 1
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 3
Immigration Detention 2
Impunity 1
Jehovah's Witness 4
Jew 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 8
Mental health 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 15
Minorities 10
Muslim 42
Naturalization 1
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Opposition 2
Orthodox Christian 4
Palestinian 13
Passports 11
Pentecostal 1
Persecution based on political opinion 11
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
Police 8
Political groups 10
Political parties 19
Political situation 15
Prosecution vs persecution 3
Public health 1
Referendum 1
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 4
Refugees 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 4
Religious discrimination 18
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
Residence permits / Residency 8
Return conditions 2
Returnees 2
Right to a nationality 5
Right to employment 1
Right to leave 1
Right to registration at birth 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
Salafi 1
Security forces 4
Security situation 3
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 5
Sexual and reproductive rights 3
Sharia law 2
Social group discrimination 1
State protection 24
Statelessness 2
Sunni 1
Terrorism 5
Travel documents 4
Visas 12
Widowed persons 1
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 7
Women-at-risk 4
Work permits 1

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Egypt: 1. Please provide expert advice on the Muslim Brotherhood's attitude towards and treatment of Coptic Christians, particularly those engaged in proselytisation, in Egypt. 5 March 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: Whether people who have converted from Islam to Christianity, particularly those converts who have been arrested, are able to obtain passports and leave the country (2004 - March 2010) 4 March 2010 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Égypte : information indiquant si les personnes qui étaient musulmanes et qui se sont converties au christianisme, surtout celles qui ont déjà été arrêtées, peuvent obtenir un passeport et quitter le pays (2004-mars 2010) 4 March 2010 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide information on internet regulation by the Egyptian government up and until 2007, particularly as to whether they blocked gay websites. 2. Are there any Arabic websites showing gay films? 3. Please provide information on any mainstream gay films that had been released up and until 2007. 2 March 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide an update on the attitude towards and treatment of Coptic Christians by the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamists, particularly those engaged in proselytisation, in Egypt. 26 February 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Dominican Republic: Domestic violence, including legislation, protection, services and recourse available to victims (2007 - September 2010) 19 February 2010 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please confirm that there is a passport stamp which indicates that a person is not wanted for military service. If so, please advise whether this means that someone has completed his service, deferred it or is exempted. 2. As of 2007, is it possible for an Egyptian male national to receive such a stamp on his passport if he was still subject to completing his military service in the future? 3. Is it possible to provide samples of stamps placed on Egyptian national passports regarding military service and an explanation of the circumstances in which they would apply? 18 February 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please advise whether there have been any significant legal or societal developments in Egypt relating to male homosexuals since mid-2007? If so, please provide a brief overview. 22 January 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. How are identity cards issued (at what age etc)? 2. Is it conceivable that a 22 year old would have on his ID card an address at which he has not lived for over 20 years? 3. Deleted. 4. What is the documentation process for a deferral of military service? How is it policed, and by which authority? 5. What are the various security authorities in Egypt? 6. Which one is responsible for cracking down on Koranists? 7. Is there a border control data base which would identify whether someone has left the country? 8. Would police authorities know that someone is out of the country? 9. If state security wanted to interrogate someone who was overseas, would they be able to check electronically? 10. If they wanted to interrogate someone, is it conceivable that they might contact the house by telephone and then pass the message through a lawyer? 11. Deleted. 12. Deleted. 13. Is there any evidence to suggest that many ordinary Koranists (as opposed to those who are linked to Ahmed Subhy Mansour or those engaged in polemics with the Sheikhs of Al Azhar University) have been rounded up by the security police and detained indefinitely? 14. Deleted. 12 January 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide an update on the situation of Al-Ghad and the treatment of its members. 23 December 2009 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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