Third Simultaneous Trial Begins for Lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, Along with Aboul Fotouh and Al-Qassas
On Monday, 22 September 2025, the first hearing of the trial of human rights lawyer and coordinator of the Association of the Families of the Forcibly Disappeared, Ibrahim Metwally, t
Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law
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.
Rights Organisations Demand an End to Increasing Violations Against Egyptian Baha’is
The undersigned human rights organisations condemn the Egyptian government's response to a letter from seven Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the situation of Egyptian Baha'is.
From Resident to "Terrorist": Abdallah Elsayed's detained for refusing his home’s demolition in Tosson, Alexandria
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.
Court Grants Imprisoned Activist Mohamed Adel Right to Stand Postgraduate Exams
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomes the ruling by the Court of Administrative Justice ruling to grant an imprisoned activist Mohamed Adel, former spokesperson for the April 6 Youth Movement,the right to take his postgraduate exams for the current academic year 2025-20
Urgent Appeal on Critical Health of Egyptian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the severe deterioration in the health of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim, 66 years old, who has been in pretrial detention since 1st of November 2018. Abdel-Moneim‘s life is imminently at risk.
Ibrahim Metwally: The Case of a Human Rights Lawyer Who Searched for His Son
A Documented Report
Call to withdraw from “counter-terrorism” summit in Israel amid genocide in Gaza
We strongly urge all participants to withdraw from the upcoming World Summit on Counter-Terrorism organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), a research instit
Curbing Unnecessary Caesarean Sections Requires a Comprehensive Health Strategy
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has received with close attention the recent announcement by the Minister of Health, imposing new standards to prom
