The undersigned organizations express deep concern over the systematic and widespread use of torture, other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, unfair trials, and appalling detention conditions in Egypt.
Programs: Criminal Justice
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) to release journalist and playwright Ahmed Serag, whose detention renewal is set to be considered for the first time on January 26th.
As the Gaza ceasefire comes into effect today, 19 January 2025, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renews its call for all the relevant authorities, primarily the Prosecutor General Mohamed Shawky, to release all those held in p
Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the release of Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), on bail set at EGP 20,000 pending investigation in Case No.
During the month of December, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 42 defendants in 32 cases. Additionally, 49 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 33 other cases.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said its executive director Hossam Bahgat received a summons to appear before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) on Sunday, 19 January.
On January 14th, the Sixth Circuit of the North Banha plenary court accepted the appeal of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights’ (EIPR) client, Mohamed Naguib, and annulled the prosecution's decision to detain him for 15 days in connecti
The Ninth Circuit of the Criminal Court of Appeal in Alexandria, ruled on the appeal submitted by three residents of Sidi Barrani in Matrouh Governorate against their prison sentences. In Case No.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky to conduct an immediate inspection of the 10th of Ramadan prison 6, speak to the detainees and prisoners in the facility and investigate their complain
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the disappearance of journalist and poet Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi since January 8, 2025, following his boarding of a private plane bound for Abu Dhabi.
