The Egyptian government must immediately lift the arbitrary travel bans and asset freezes imposed upon three directors of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), a prominent Egyptian human rights organisation, solely for their legit
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The undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn the continued repression by Egyptian authorities against human rights defenders and lawyers, who are frequently targeted with frivolous charges to justify their prolonged arbitrary pre
During the month of October 2024, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 7 defendants in 6 cases. Among them, 1 was issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
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
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has filed a complaint with the Supreme Judicial Council against the continued imposition of punitive measures against three of its directors, coinciding with the end of the fourth year of sanc
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) announced today the issuance of a judicial order lifting the asset freeze imposed on its Executive Director Hossam Bahgat for eight years "pending investigation" into the activities of independ
During the month of September, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 29 defendants in 20 cases. Among them. Additionally, 9 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 7 other cases.
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
