The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the continued escalation in summoning human rights defenders, journalists, and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP).
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Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) strongly condemns the ruling by the Benha Child Court sentencing two children to ten years in prison on “terrorism” charges based on their alleged online activity.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) ordered the release of five detainees held in connection with Case No.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the referral of 64 defendants, divided between two Supreme State Security Docket cases, to trial based on their efforts to support Palestinian rights.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) strongly condemns the renewal of human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer's designation on the “terrorists’ list” for a second period of five years.
Egypt’s 2025 House of Representatives elections were marred by chaotic procedures, opaque decision-making, and direct interference by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, underscoring the fundamentally sham nature of the process and the lack of inde
Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations
The undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of lawyer at the Court of Cassation and former member of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights, Hoda Abdelmonem (66 years old), who has been subjected to relentless reprisals and
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months.
Over the course of two years of Israel’s war of aggression and ensuing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and until the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit
EIPR condemns the arrest campaign launched by security agencies against non-religionists, atheists, and others with differing religious views.
Excellencies,
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demands the release of Ambassador Mohamed Rifa'a El-Tahtawy (75), who today, Wednesday 8 October, completes two years in detention.
Today, Monday 20 September, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) decided to release the poet and former political prisoner Ahmed Douma on bail of 50,000 EGP (approximately 1,000 US dollars).
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.
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.
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 postgr
