Hossam Bahgat, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) delivered an oral intervention today before the UN Human Rights Council at the session held to adopt the final report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
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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.
On June 19th, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) obtained a seven-year prison sentence against "A.S.H." on charges of defaming his ex-wife and her sister and blackmailing them using their photos.
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
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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
