EIPR
Egyptian court grants provisional release to human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki
Zaki was arrested in February 2020 after returning to Egypt from Italy where he was studying at the University of Bologna. He has since spent 22 months in pre-trial detention on various charges
Prominent Egyptian activist Hossam Bahgat found guilty of insulting election authorities
Bahgat is the founder-director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). He has previously been targeted by successive governments for his work towards the advancement of civil liberties and human rights in Egypt
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