Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rightshttp://eipr.org/en/rss.xmlenForeign Policy - Egypt's Emergency Law Strikes Againhttp://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/27/919<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On June 6, a pair of police officers entered an Alexandria Internet cafe and began asking for the identification documents of everyone present. When 28-year-old Khaled Said objected to being searched without a warrant, the officers began to attack him, beating his head against a table and kicking him in the chest.</span></span></p><p><a href="http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/27/919" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:30:28 +0000RamyRaoof919 at http://eipr.orgEgypt: Rights Groups Expose Systemic Violations by Government Before UN Rights Council... Government Minister Pledges Mechanism to Monitor Implementation of UN Recommendationshttp://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/12/915<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(13 June, 2010)- The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) concluded its first review of the human rights situation in Egypt under the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.</span></span></p><p><a href="http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/12/915" target="_blank">read more</a></p>آلية الاستعراض الدوري الشاملالأمم المتحدةالمجلس الدولي لحقوق الإنسانSun, 13 Jun 2010 06:31:42 +0000RamyRaoof915 at http://eipr.orgWith Live Updates from Geneva: EIPR Participates at UN Rights Council’s Consideration of Egypt’s UPR Final Report http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/10/913<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a <a href="http://eipr.org/en/live/unhrc-egyupr-1106">session</a> tomorrow, 11 June, to consider the final report and recommendations on the human rights situation in Egypt. Earlier this year, the HRC discussed Egypt’s human rights record under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, established in 2006 to assess the rights situation in all countries of the world. <br /></span></span></p><p><a href="http://eipr.org/en/pressrelease/2010/06/10/913" target="_blank">read more</a></p>