Programs: Civil Liberties
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.
