We, the participants in the Regional Civil Society Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2–3 February 2025, in light of wars and the tightening restrictions on public freedoms in our countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, were compelle
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We, the participants in the Regional Civil Society Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2–3 February 2025, in light of wars and the tightening restrictions on public freedoms in our countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, were compelle
- Benefits included in the law are de facto “suspended”, while its provisions deals severe blows to wages and job security
Joint Statement
In a joint statement published today by six human rights and research organisations and lawyers concerned with the right to housing, offered a proposal for reforming the Old Rent Law in the wake of the ruling of the unconstitutionality of fixin
Position paper
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the ongoing abuses faced by human rights lawyer and coordinator of the Association of Families of the Forcibly Disappeared Ibrahim Metwally.
Early May marked the beginning of the trials of defendants referred to the terrorism circuit courts over the past eight months, a development which has thus far underscored the absence of the rule of law in Egypt while reinforcing the public’s
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on Interior Minister Major General Mahmoud Tawfik to enforce the law and allow political prisoner Mohamed Adel, the former spokesman for the April 6th Movement, to take his exams, which w
The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a Union-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and to include Egypt among them incompatible with the EU’s human rights obligations.
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned as the trial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh approaches, with its first session on Sunday, 27 April. Ahmed is the son of Dr.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky and Minister of Justice Adnan al-Fangary to use their powers under Articles 64 and 65 of the Criminal Procedures Law to appoint an independent judge to
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) launched today a new study as part of its concerted work and advocacy efforts targeting a new law that guarantees equality, prevents discrimination, and meets the constitutional obligation stip
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Public Prosecution to accept the request submitted by the victim in Case No.