The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) noted the Public Prosecution’s statement, publ
Files: Prisons and detention facilities
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has filed a lawsuit before the civil judiciary seeking compensation for the mother of Mohamed Kandil, known as "Mohand," for the material and moral damages resulting from his death at the Tanta
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Public Prosecutor to ensure the transparency, impartiality, and integrity of the investigation into the circumstances and cause of death of Ayman Ramzy at Rod El-Farag Police Stati
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) calls on the Public Prosecution to ensure an urgent and transparent investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Tarek Ashraf El-Sayed Mahfouz while in custody at Al-Ha
As the fourth anniversary of the opening of Badr Prison Complex in the last quarter of 2021 approaches, The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today released a report entitled “Propaganda vs.
15 Dec 2025
Introduction
In a TV telephone interview in September 2021, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the imminent inauguration of a prison complex in Wadi al-Natrun, to be Egypt’s largest and the first of seven or eight similar complexes. He said its inmates would “serve their sentences humanely and decently ... movement, sustenance, healthcare, social and cultural care, and rehabilitation, in a similar system to that of American prisons” and that “no one will be punished twice.”
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months.
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