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Decreased environmental protections related to use of coal in Egypt

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) published a...

EIPR’s new report reveals impact of increasing electricity prices on the poor in Egypt

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) published a study this week that points out how the increase in electricity prices in Egypt affects...

Egypt: investment in the face of justice

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a new study in Arabic entitled “...

Standing in solidarity with the Nubian people for their right to return to their homeland

The Egyptian Center for Civil and Legal Reform (ECCLR), a member of ESCR-Net, expressed solidarity with the...

EIPR published legal brief against Titan Cement Company for use of coal

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) published the legal brief submitted on 9 October to the State Council in...

Habi Center lodges an appeal in Council State against cement companies and the Ministry of Environment in Egypt

Habi Center for Environmental Rights lodged an appeal at the Egyptian Administrative Court last week demanding information on the environmental impact of cement companies using coal. The appeal was filed against the Prime Minister, in his...

Regional workshop in Lebanon to advance Women’s ESCR in the Middle East and North Africa

The Women and ESCR Working Group, in partnership with ESCR-Net member ANND (...

EIPR founder and other human rights defenders’ assets frozen while facing criminal charges in Egypt

A criminal court in North Cairo ruled in favor of freezing the assets of 13 human rights defenders and their family members, including Hossam Bahgat of the Egyptian...

Human rights defenders in Egypt face criminal charges in connection with their work

As the crackdown against human rights organizations in Egypt continues, the accountant and a former administrative assistant of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) were summoned to court during the month of July in connection with the ...

EIPR raises concern about budget allocations inadequate for minimal expenditures on education and health in Egypt

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights published a paper reporting their analysis of Egypt’s draft public budget for 2016-17....