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NGOs condemn escalating use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia

On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organisations, express our horror at the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia.

  • 12 Years in Prison and 7 Years Without a Single Visit: Release Ambassador Rifa'a El-Tahtawy

  • For the Fourth Time in Less Than a Year: Supreme State Security Prosecution Releases Douma on Bail After Charging Him with Spreading False News

Virtual Freedom: Towards Ending the Cybercrime Law's Repression of Online Freedom of Expression in Egypt

Press Release12 Oct 2025

After the Prosecution’s Release of many detainees: EIPR Demands Closing Cases of Borj Meghizel Fishermen, The Dignity Revolution, and Palestine Solidarity

The Public Prosecution announced in a statement issued on 6 October a list of 38 defendants in seven Supreme State Security investigations to be releas

Press Release30 Sep 2025

Four Principles Must Guide Draft Criminal Procedures Code Review

Position Paper 

 

Press Release28 Sep 2025

Following the Release of Several Detainees from “Burg Megheizal”: the Prosecutor General Must Release Mohamed Shaalan After More Than Four Years in Pretrial Detention

Press Release24 Sep 2025

Third Simultaneous Trial Begins for Lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, Along with Aboul Fotouh and Al-Qassas

On Monday, 22 September 2025, the first hearing of the trial of human rights lawyer and coordinator of the Association of the Families of the Forcibly Disappeared,

Press Release23 Sep 2025

Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law

We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to not sign the draft Criminal Procedure Code into law and instead to send it back to parliament for revision.

Press Release20 Sep 2025

Infographic | #Death_Penalties in Egypt during August 2025

During the month of August, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 39 defendants in 30 cases. Among them, 2 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.

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