We, the undersigned organizations, support the calls made by states during Egypt’s 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) held at the Human Rights Council on January 28, 2025, urging the E
Tags: أوضاع حقوق الإنسان في مصر
Torture; "recycling" of detainees; political prisoners; enforced disappearances; enactment of abusive laws on criminal procedure, asylum, and associations; crackdowns on journalists and rights defenders; women's rights; inadequate social spendi
On the sidelines of his participation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt, held in Geneva this week, Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), held several meetings, including two s
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.
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.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) reiterates its condemnation of the punitive prosecution of lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim (65), who was referred by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on trial in connection with Case No.
On December 23rd, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the release of 19 defendants, involved in 11 cases that have been open since 2022 and 2023.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) holds Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky and Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfik fully responsible for the health and safety of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, who is currently detained at
The Egyptian government must immediately lift the arbitrary travel bans and asset freezes imposed upon three directors of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), a prominent Egyptian human rights organisation, solely for their legit
On 23 November, the Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court issued a decision in Case No. 620 of 2018, removing 716 names from the terror list, out of 1,524 people involved in the same case.
