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.
Files: Right to a fair trial
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
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.
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravelyconcernedby the prolonged enforced disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, who turns 25 on 1 September 2025.



