Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rightshttp://eipr.org/en/rss.xmlenProtest outside Parliament to Demand Increased Health Spending http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/05/19/899<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Committee for the Defense of the Right to Health, a coalition of activists and organizations including the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and the Doctors Without Rights Committee, organized a protest yesterday, Thursday 18 May, in front of the People’s Assembly to protest the meager health allocations in the 2010-11 state budget. Health spending in the budget accounts for 4.9% of total public expenditure and 1.4% of the GDP.</span></span></p>لجنة الدفاع عن الحق في الصحةRight to HealthWed, 19 May 2010 09:56:51 +0000RamyRaoof899 at http://eipr.orgEgyptian Government Urged to Immediately Release Detained Egyptian Ahmadis… Emergency Law Used To Detain Citizens For Two Months Because Of Their Religious Beliefshttp://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/05/14/891<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today urged the Minister of Interior to release immediately nine Egyptians detained under the Emergency Law for two months because of their affiliation with the Ahmadi confession.</span></span></p>Freedom of Religion & BeliefFri, 14 May 2010 11:19:19 +0000RamyRaoof891 at http://eipr.orgTwenty-Nine Years of Lies...And Now Two More Yearshttp://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/05/12/883<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Egyptian government is often forced to recognize past abuses in the course of putting a pretty face on future ones, as aptly illustrated by a presidential decree issued on May 11 that extended the State of Emergency for another two years.</span></span></p>