Egypt's draft Labour Code - A Human Rights Analysis
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) issued a paper on Wednesday analysing the draft labor law currently under discussion in the parliament.
Court rejects petitions of 19 teachers denied employment on discriminatory grounds, EIPR to appeal
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) expressed its dismay at the decision issued on 26 November by the Administrative Court’s Justice Chamber of the State’s Council that rejected 19 of the petitions EIPR had filed against the Minister of Education’s decision to exclude teachers w
Escalating Repression Against Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Hoda Abdelmonem
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 pretrial detention, in flagrant disregard for judicia
Removal of citizens from terror lists is positive, but arbitrary designations are product of poisonous tree
On 23 November, the Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court issued a decision in Case No. 620 of 2018, removing 716 names from the terror list, out of 1,524 people involved in the same case.
Infographic | Death Penalties in Egypt during October 2024
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. Additionally, 39 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 26 other cases.
EIPR: The Ministry of Interior should revoke its decision requiring women to obtain prior travel permits, and hold those responsible accountable
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls for the Ministry of Interior to rescind its administrative directive mandating prior travel authorisation for certain women seeking to depart from Egypt for Saudi Arabia.
For pursuing his forcibly disappeared son… Ibrahim Metwally referred to trial After 7 years of pretrial detention
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 him by Supreme State Security Prosecution.
After four years of persecution of its directors: EIPR files complaint with the Supreme Judicial Council
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 sanctions including freezing their accounts, seizure o
22 NGOS in a Joint Statement: Grave risks posed by the passing of proposed Foreign Asylum Bill
The bill contravenes international law and the Egyptian constitution
