As the Gaza ceasefire comes into effect today, 19 January 2025, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renews its call for all the relevant authorities, primarily the Prosecutor General Mohamed Shawky, to release all those held in p
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The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) holds Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik fully responsible for the health and safety of political prisoner Mohamed Adel, the former spokesman of the 6 April Movement, who has been cut off from th
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the Dikirnis Misdemeanor Court of Appeal’s decision to renew the detention of five citizens, including two children, for 15 days on charges of “inciting a gathering aimed at attacking
The signatories condemn in the strongest terms the harsh and unjust sentences issued by a military court on Saturday, December 14, 2024, against 62 civilians from North Sinai, including tribal leaders, activists, and journalists.
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, urge the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to release people
On December 8th and 9th, security forces dispersed a number of spontaneous gatherings and randomly arrested at least 30 Syrians in the 6th of October City (Northern west of Cairo), after members of the Syrian community in Egypt went out to cele
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has filed a complaint with the Supreme Judicial Council against the continued imposition of punitive measures against three of its directors, coinciding with the end of the fourth year of sanc
Yesterday, November 12th, the Supreme State Security Prosecution released defendants on various cases, including EIPR client Abdullah Al-Sayed Ali, who was detained pending Case 2490 of 2024, on charges related to his solidarity with the rights
On Sunday, 10 November, the State Security Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement in Cairo questioned poet and former political prisoner Ahmed Douma for five hours.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the blatant violation of the minimum fair trial guarantees to which Ahmed Sabry Nassef has been subjected over the past seven years after the Ministry of Interior failed to implement a
The undersigned organizations condemn the decision issued by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) on 8 September refusing to grant a license to the Fakartany website.
The Criminal Appeals Circuit looked into appeal No.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the unlawful detention of six employees who were dismissed after being nonconsensually tested positive for drugs.
Update on October 10th: The Qasr al-Nile Prosecution released the four Egyptians on bail of EGP 5,000 each, with one of the participants in the demonstration having been presented to forensic medicine, as she was assaulted during her arrest.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappe
The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts, where they searched it and seized some of its contents, including computers, dozens of books and cultural publica
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemned a three-year prison sentence issued by a military court on 28 July against conscript Youssef Saad Haneen for "committing behaviour that is harmful to the order, rules and requirements
