Files: Economic Rights
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) rejects the cabinet-drafted amendments to the education law, which were referred to parliament just days before the end of the current parliamentary term, without serious societal dialogue or c
The undersigned human rights organizations declare their full solidarity with the Lawyers Syndicate’s decision to stage a general strike on 7 and 8 July and to boycott all court and prosecution proceedings, in protest against the decision by th
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, are writing to provide input ahead of the negotiations on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the EU’s €4 billion Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) packag
The Supreme State Security Prosecution extended the detention of Ayman Essam, a cassation lawyer and legal advisor to the Old Rent Tenants Association, for 15 days in connection with Case No.
27 May 2025
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58% of new loans are allocated to servicing existing debt, and interest is equivalent to 87% of tax revenue
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Salaries for senior government officials set to increase by 66%, compared to a 17% raise for healthcare workers and 4% for teachers
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released an analytical paper titled "The 2025-2026 Budget: Egypt in the Grip of Debts", providing an analysis of the public budget of the fiscal year that began in early July.
- Benefits included in the law are de facto “suspended”, while its provisions deals severe blows to wages and job security
4 May 2025
More than 20 years after the issuance of the “Unified Labour Law No. 12 of 2003”, and after nearly nine years of preparing and proposing various ver sions of an updated labour law, the government has put forward a new labour bill at a time of extreme instability, severe inflationary pressures, and a cost of-living crisis for the country’s wage earners.
