As the fourth anniversary of the opening of Badr Prison Complex in the last quarter of 2021 approaches, The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today released a report entitled “Propaganda vs.
Files: Office of the Prosecution
15 Dec 2025
Introduction
In a TV telephone interview in September 2021, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the imminent inauguration of a prison complex in Wadi al-Natrun, to be Egypt’s largest and the first of seven or eight similar complexes. He said its inmates would “serve their sentences humanely and decently ... movement, sustenance, healthcare, social and cultural care, and rehabilitation, in a similar system to that of American prisons” and that “no one will be punished twice.”
Since the House of Representatives began deliberating over the new Draft Criminal Procedure Law, we resolved to participate in this historic national undertaking.
The fourth State Security case against El-Massry since 2019 reflects a pattern of systematic targeting of human rights defenders.
The Second Circuit of the Criminal Court (Terrorism) at Badr Court Complex resumed on August 8th the trial of Samer Ahmed El-Dessouky (35 years old, Financial Manager), who is being prosecuted in connection with Case No.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renewed its call for the release of its client, translator Marwa Arafa, 32, whose first session of criminal trial began on 6 July after more than five years in pre-trial detention.
Position paper
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky to release both M.M. and A.M.
Two years have passed since the Emergency Supreme State Security Court issued a non-appealable prison sentences, against 31 members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), including lawyers Hoda Abdel Moneim, Mohamed Abu Hu
Two years have passed since the Emergency Supreme State Security Court issued a non-appealable prison sentences, against 31 members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), including lawyers Hoda Abdel Moneim, Mohamed Abu Hu
