Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

The EIPR: The government must respect the right to peaceful assembly and the right to privacy and cease grave violations of constitutional rights;

It is worth noting that the State Security Prosecution has recently developed a habit of throwing a lot of people who are mainly targeted because of their political inclinations into large cauldron cases with a long list of accusations and a huge number of defendants; defendants who do not necessarily have any links or anything in common, and on charges of incidents that are not only unrelated but that do not even have any intersection time or area wise.

Period in Prison

Pending Further Review

News14 Nov 2019

Universal Periodic Review of Egypt 34th Session

The first two were presented jointly with Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, one on the death penaly, and the other on the infringment of the State's economic policeis on the rights to an adequate standard of living, health, and education.

Press Release10 Oct 2019

Egypt: Rights, Regression and Repression- Factsheet for Pre-sessions (UPR)

These drastic economic measures are taking place alongside a severe crackdown on civil and political rights. Egypt’s civic space has been decisively evaluated as “closed” by international monitoring initiatives, and the government has recently ratified an NGO law that UN human rights experts have indicated could “devastate civil society.”

Press Release17 Jul 2019

The Coalition Egypt Ban Plastic

We, the Coalition Egypt Ban Plastic are determined to raise awareness on the impact of plastic consumption and plastic alternatives among consumers, retailers and manufacturers in Egypt aiming to provide the public with researched educational content on plastic consumption.

Press Release23 Apr 2019

On the International Day of Commemoration of Chernobyl, EIPR publishes a position paper on nuclear energy

On the International Day of Commemoration of Chernobyl, the EIPR publishes a position paper on nuclear energy entitled "The nuclear energy more expensive and more dangerous”. The paper calls for solidarity with the victims of the disaster and for drawing lessons and reviewing ideas on the use of nuclear energy, especially with cheaper and safer alternatives.

Press Release15 Apr 2019

EIPR condemns closure of the Naga al-Ghafir church in Sohag by security and documents closure of 22 churches since enactment of the church construction law

EIPR condemns closure of the Naga al-Ghafir church in Sohag by security and documents closure of 22 churches since enactment of the church construction law; demands reopening of closed churches and a decree regularizing the status of all churches that filed papers with the regularization committee

News31 Mar 2019

Detention of Eman Al-Helw renewed for the second time for 15 days pending investigation

The Prisons’ Authority forced al-Helw to undergo a full external physical examination and inspection of her genitals, conducted by doctors at a general hospital, against her will and without medical grounds, which constitutes a clear assault on her bodily and psychological safety.

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