The Public Prosecution announced in a statement issued on 6 October a list of 38 defendants in seven Supreme State Security investigations to be releas
Files: Right to a fair trial
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organisations, express our horror at the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demands the release of Ambassador Mohamed Rifa'a El-Tahtawy (75), who today, Wednesday 8 October, completes two years in detention.
Position Paper
We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to not sign the draft Criminal Procedure Code into law and instead to send it back to parliament for revision.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demands the immediate release of Abdallah Mohamed Elsayed, aged 29, and the dropping of all charges against him.
A Documented Report
2 Sep 2025
This study was prepared by Amr Abdel Rahman, director of EIPR’s Civil Liberties Unit. The desk research and data collection was carried out by EIPR’s researcher Mahmoud Nagy. Lobna Darwish, director of the Women's Rights and Gender Program, provided advice and comments on various drafts of this study. The final review and editing was made by Karim Ennarah, deputy executive director of research at EIPR.
