Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
EIPR continues fight against NGO law
Egypt
December 21, 2014
EIPR continues fight against NGO law
The Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights called on the government to end the state of…
Rights groups point to worsening Human Rights in Egypt in UN memo
Egypt
October 30, 2014
Rights groups point to worsening Human Rights in Egypt in UN memo
Nineteen human rights organizations have highlighted a “dramatic deterioration” in human rights in Egypt over the past four years in…
Human rights organizations condemn Suez trial verdicts
Egypt
September 9, 2013
Human rights organizations condemn Suez trial verdicts
Four human rights organizations have condemned last week's military trial of 63 civilians in Suez, which saw some defendants handed…
Human rights delegation visits pro-Morsy sit-in
Egypt
August 1, 2013
Human rights delegation visits pro-Morsy sit-in
A human rights delegation visited on Thursday the site of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in, where supporters of ousted president Mohamed…
Human rights groups condemn suppression of Islamist media
Egypt
July 7, 2013
Human rights groups condemn suppression of Islamist media
Seven human rights groups have expressed on Saturday concern regarding exceptional procedures taken against Islamist satellite TV channels following the…
Rights watchdog: three blasphemy cases being handled in one week
Egypt
June 6, 2013
Rights watchdog: three blasphemy cases being handled in one week
An Egyptian-based human rights organisation warned Thursday of a continuous deterioration of the status of freedom of belief in the…
Is fracking responsible for the flooding of an Upper Egyptian village?
Environment
January 29, 2013
Is fracking responsible for the flooding of an Upper Egyptian village?
The village of Fares, located about 75km north of the city of Aswan near Kom Ombo, is currently being destroyed…
Police torture continues in Meit Ghamr case says Amnesty
Egypt
October 3, 2012
Police torture continues in Meit Ghamr case says Amnesty
Cases of torture in police stations continue in Egypt despite an uprising that ostensibly began against police brutality, Amnesty…
Moussa: Drop constitution’s designation of Al-Azhar as Sharia reference
Egypt
July 17, 2012
Moussa: Drop constitution’s designation of Al-Azhar as Sharia reference
Former presidential candidate Amr Moussa renewed his proposal to drop a provision in Article 2 of the new constitution,…
Maspero case lawyers resign to protest military justice
Egypt
April 11, 2012
Maspero case lawyers resign to protest military justice
Lawyers representing relatives of protesters killed when army soldiers attacked a peaceful protest last October have withdrawn from the trial…