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Programs: Civil Liberties
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.
Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the release of Lina Attalah, founder and editor-in-chief of independent news website Mada Masr, on bail set at EGP 30,000 on 4 August ,after charging her of broadcasting false news and operating an unl
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecution to cease the judicial pursuit of online content creators by levelling vague, morally and socially biased charges such as “violating
