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.
Programs: Civil Liberties
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
A Documented Report
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released a new study titled "Virtual Freedom: Towards Ending the Cybercrime Law's Repression of Digital Freedom of Expression".
2 Sep 2025
This study was prepared by Amr Abdel Rahman, director of EIPR’s Civil Liberties Unit. The desk research and data collection was carried out by EIPR’s researcher Mahmoud Nagy. Lobna Darwish, director of the Women's Rights and Gender Program, provided advice and comments on various drafts of this study. The final review and editing was made by Karim Ennarah, deputy executive director of research at EIPR.
We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Egyptian security services’ targeting of minors for their digital activity through online gaming platforms.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the release of Karim Ennarah, Research Director at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), after nearly twelve hours in detention following his arrest in the North Coast on Tuesday, Au
The fourth State Security case against El-Massry since 2019 reflects a pattern of systematic targeting of human rights defenders.
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating independent media platforms in Egypt.
