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Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for blackmailing his ex-wife and her sister

On June 19th, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) obtained a seven-year prison sentence against "A.S.H." on charges of defaming his ex-wife and her sister and blackmailing them using their photos.

  • EIPR demands an urgent investigation into the death of seven detainees at Omraniya police station in less than a year

  • Lawyer Ahmed Abu Baraka demands court recusal and trial before judges who did not order his detention unlawfully

A Lopsided Law: Impoverishment, Discrimination and Restrictions on Strike in Egypt’s New Labour Law

Press Release18 Jun 2025

Global Gender Gap Report 2025: Egypt Among the Worst Ten Countries Worldwide in Gender Equality

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) expresses its deep concern over Egypt’s continued decline in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 20

Press Release17 Jun 2025

NGOs voice fears for hundreds of foreign nationals at risk of imminent execution in Saudi Arabia

We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for non-lethal drug-related offences, including scores of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Somali nationals.

Press Release11 Jun 2025

CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists

New York, June 9, 2025—One hundred sixty global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments, and international institutions on Monday to act immediately to ensure  journalists from outside Gaza are given im

Press Release4 Jun 2025

New arrests on charges of solidarity with Palestine: total number of detainees reach 150 since the outbreak of the genocidal war

Yesterday, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) questioned Seif El-Din Adel (Bachelors of Engineering, 24 years old) in connection to case No. 3562/2025 (Supreme State Security Investigations).

Press Release4 Jun 2025

NGOs demand the immediate and unconditional release of Ibrahim Metwally, detained solely for peacefully exercising his human rights

Press Release2 Jun 2025

EIPR Files a Legal Memorandum Before the State Council Against the Ministry Of Interior's Decision to Impose Prior Travel Authorisation on Women

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