On Feb 9th, The Court of Cassation accepted appeal No.
Files: Right to a fair trial
25 Jan 2025
Egypt’s 4th Cycle Universal Periodic Review
Joint Stakeholder Submission
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Committee for Justice, DIGNITY, The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Egyptian Front for Human Rights, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, El Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture, Middle East Democracy Center, REDRESS
About the Submitting Organizations
The undersigned organizations express deep concern over the systematic and widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling detention conditions in Egypt.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) to release journalist and playwright Ahmed Serag, whose detention renewal is set to be considered for the first time on January 26th.
As the Gaza ceasefire comes into effect today, 19 January 2025, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renews its call for all the relevant authorities, primarily the Prosecutor General Mohamed Shawky, to release all those held in p
Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the release of Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), on bail set at EGP 20,000 pending investigation in Case No.
During the month of December, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 42 defendants in 32 cases. Additionally, 49 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 33 other cases.
On January 14th, the Sixth Circuit of the North Banha plenary court accepted the appeal of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights’ (EIPR) client, Mohamed Naguib, and annulled the prosecution's decision to detain him for 15 days in connecti
