The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and REDRESS welcome an important decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which found that Egypt’s use of forced genital examinations (also known as “virginity t
Files: Women's and girls' rights
While the Egyptian government and the National Council for Women continue to boast about “progress” on women’s rights in Egypt, a new UN report highlights the ab
The South Mansoura Criminal Court has sentenced Sami Abu Bakr Rizk to five years in prison after he was charged with assaulting the sanctity of the private life of a teacher, intentionally disturbing and harassing the victim, and managing a pri
As of today, Hoda Abdelmoniem, the prominent lawyer and human rights defender, has spent seven full years behind bars since her arrest on 1 November 2018.
Excellencies,
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) congratulates women and men in Egypt on the effective removal of the last legal barrier preventing women from holding all judicial positions in Egypt, following the presidential decree appointi
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has received with close attention the recent announcement by the
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renewed its call for the release of its client, translator Marwa Arafa, 32, whose first session of criminal trial began on 6 July after more than five years in pre-trial detention.
