The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demands that lawyer and former member of parliament Ahmed Abu Baraka, 64, be granted his legal right to request the recusal of judges who are trying him, and that his trial is held before judge
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The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) filed a complaint calling on Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawky to launch an urgent investigation into the death of seven detainees at the Omraniya police station within a year and suspension of
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) expresses its deep concern over Egypt’s continued decline in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 20
During the month of May, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 45 defendants in 38 cases. Among them, 6 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for non-lethal drug-related offences, including scores of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Somali nationals.
New York, June 9, 2025—One hundred sixty global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments, and international institutions on Monday to act immediately to ensure journalists from outside Gaza are given im
Yesterday, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) questioned Seif El-Din Adel (Bachelors of Engineering, 24 years old) in connection to case No. 3562/2025 (Supreme State Security Investigations).
We, the participants in the Regional Civil Society Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2–3 February 2025, in light of wars and the tightening restrictions on public freedoms in our countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, were compelle
We, the participants in the Regional Civil Society Seminar held in Istanbul, Turkey on 2–3 February 2025, in light of wars and the tightening restrictions on public freedoms in our countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean, were compelle
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
Joint Statement
In a joint statement published today by six human rights and research organisations and lawyers concerned with the right to housing, offered a proposal for reforming the Old Rent Law in the wake of the ruling of the unconstitutionality of fixin
During the month of March, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 34 defendants in 24 cases. Additionally, 8 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 7 other cases.
Position paper
