Stop the Destruction of Cairo’s Historic Cemeteries: Our Heritage is More Than Just Stones (An Urgent Call to Action)
For the past four years, Cairo’s historic cemeteries have faced systematic waves of destruction, carried out in successive stages.
After exceeding the maximum limit of pretrial detention... Sherif El-Rouby still deprived of healthcare at the 10th of Ramadan Prison
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's detention responsible for his safety.
Five years of pretrial detention... EIPR calls for the immediate release of Ehab Goha to save his life
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls for the immediate release of Ehab Masoud Goha, 51, who has been in pretrial detention for five years in connection with Case No. 1358 of 2019.
Egypt: Lift punitive measures against EIPR staff
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 legitimate human rights work, a coalition of 34 rights
Joint statement: The Supreme Council for Media Regulation’s refusal to license "Fakartany" website is a continuation of the attack on independent journalism in Egypt
The undersigned organizations condemn the decision issued by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) on 8 September refusing to grant a license to the Fakartany website.
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.
