As the fourth anniversary of the opening of Badr Prison Complex in the last quarter of 2021 approaches, The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today released a report entitled “Propaganda vs.
Files: Prisons and detention facilities
15 Dec 2025
Introduction
In a TV telephone interview in September 2021, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the imminent inauguration of a prison complex in Wadi al-Natrun, to be Egypt’s largest and the first of seven or eight similar complexes. He said its inmates would “serve their sentences humanely and decently ... movement, sustenance, healthcare, social and cultural care, and rehabilitation, in a similar system to that of American prisons” and that “no one will be punished twice.”
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.
Excellencies,
Since the House of Representatives began deliberating over the new Draft Criminal Procedure Law, we resolved to participate in this historic national undertaking.
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.
A Documented Report
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) filed a complaint calling on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky to launch an urgent investigation into the death of seven detainees at the Omraniya police station within a year and suspension of
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky to release both M.M. and A.M.
