On Tuesday, Dec 10th, the Ninth Circuit of the Criminal Court of Appeal in Alexandria looked into an appeal submitted by three residents of the Sidi Barrani town in Marsa Matrouh Governorate, who were convicted in the "Sidi Barrani incident".
Files: Policing and human rights
On December 8th and 9th, security forces dispersed a number of spontaneous gatherings and randomly arrested at least 30 Syrians in the 6th of October City (Northern west of Cairo), after members of the Syrian community in Egypt went out to cele
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the punitive prosecution of cassation lawyer, and former member of the National Council for Human Rights Hoda Abdel Moneim, 65, who was referred to trial by the State Security Prosecut
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) holds Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky and Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfik fully responsible for the health and safety of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, who is currently detained at
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the referral of its client, lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, 61, coordinator of ‘the Association of Families of the Forcibly Disappeared’, to trial in two of the three cases brought against hi
Yesterday, November 12th, the Supreme State Security Prosecution released defendants on various cases, including EIPR client Abdullah Al-Sayed Ali, who was detained pending Case 2490 of 2024, on charges related to his solidarity with the rights
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the blatant violation of the minimum fair trial guarantees to which Ahmed Sabry Nassef has been subjected over the past seven years after the Ministry of Interior failed to implement a
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) holds the State Security Prosecution, the Ministry of Interior – represented by the 10th of Ramadan Prison administration – and the Badr Terrorism Circuits in charge of renewing Sherif El-Rouby
Ihab Masoud Juha, 51 years of age, died two days ago , November 4th 2024, after over five years of unlawful pretrial detention, during which he was subjected to medical negligence that amounts to murder by omission, after the terrorism judicial
The “FreeHoda” campaign and the undersigned organisations condemn the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmonem, who has been detained for six years.
