The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomes the decision to release 10 non-Egyptian Shia Muslims who were arbitrarily arrested during a recent security crackdown targeting Shia Muslims in Egypt ahead of the Ashura holiday celebr
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1 Jul 2026
The Executive Regulations (hereinafter bylaws) of the 2024 Asylum Law were published in the Official Gazette dated 21 May 2026, stipulating a three-month period before they enter into force. The Prime Minister’s Decree (no. 1568 of 2026) publishing the bylaws constitutes a major and long-anticipated step towards the operationalisation of the Asylum Law, especially the establishment of a national system to manage all asylum matters previously managed by UNHCR over decades.
The Undersigned Organizations expressed deep concern over the violations suffered by Sudanese writer and novelist Idris Ali Babikir during his detention in Egypt, which lasted nearly 50 days before he was forcibly deported to Sudan, despite hol
Seven UN human rights experts issued a new statement expressing deep concern over the unprecedented escalat
The undersigned organizations sound the alarm regarding what amounts to a de facto policy of disguised forced deportation that undermines Egypt's constitutional and international obligations; call for an immediate halt to campaigns of arrest, d
Seven UN Human Rights Council rapporteurs sent a joint letter to the Egyptian government expressing serious reservations and outlining a deta
The bill contravenes international law and the Egyptian constitution
Refugees in Egypt and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights: The asylum bill inflates security measures and is inconsistent with Egypt’s international obligations
14 Nov 2024
