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
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On Sunday, 10 November, the State Security Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement in Cairo questioned poet and former political prisoner Ahmed Douma for five hours.
On Thursday, November 7th, poet and former political prisoner Ahmed Douma received an official request to appear before the Supreme State Security Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement on Sunday, November 10th, concerning Case No.
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.
The “FreeHoda” campaign and the undersigned organisations condemn the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmonem, who has been detained for six years.
The Criminal Appeals Circuit looked into appeal No.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the unlawful detention of six employees who were dismissed after being nonconsensually tested positive for drugs.
Update on October 10th: The Qasr al-Nile Prosecution released the four Egyptians on bail of EGP 5,000 each, with one of the participants in the demonstration having been presented to forensic medicine, as she was assaulted during her arrest.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappe
The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his life and health, now in danger due to the hunger strike he started in
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls for the immediate release of worker Hisham al-Banna, who was excluded from the release order issued in favour of the Samanoud Weaving and Textile workers.
The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts, where they searched it and seized some of its contents, including computers, dozens of books and cultural publica
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemned a three-year prison sentence issued by a military court on 28 July against conscript Youssef Saad Haneen for "committing behaviour that is harmful to the order, rules and requirements
EIPR condemns issuing prison sentence against Ahmed Tantawi's campaign manager, Mohamed Abu al-Diyar
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the Matareya Misdemeanor Court's decision to uphold the prison sentence issued against lawyer Mohamed Abu al-Diyar, the campaign manager of former presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawi.
On Sunday, 25 February, the Court of Appeal (Economic Felonies - Circuit B) accepted - in form - Appeal No.
