In late May, the Ismailia Appeals Court ruled to evict the archbishop of Saint Catherine's Monastery from 14 land plots in South Sinai, part of a larger dispute with the…
Dar al-Ifta, Egypt's official religious institution tasked with drafting edicts, held an international conference on Monday to confront the “chaos of fatwas” which, according to the institution have become a…
Controversial TV host Islam al-Beheiry deserves to be in prison, as his ideas endangered “faith security,” Al-Azhar Dean of Sciences Abdel Moneim Fouad told the privately owned newspaper Youm7 on…
Whilst the human rights movement has traditionally focussed on exposing police violations, fighting for economic justice and raising the ceiling for freedom of expression, a battle for personal rights has…
Egyptian authorities deported a Syrian asylum seeker on Wednesday morning after detaining him incommunicado for over a month, Amnesty International Egypt Libya-focused…
EIPR intends to appeal the ruling before the Supreme Administrative Court
A Cabinet committee approved the legal status of 80 churches, brings the total number to 627
The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the human rights situation in Egypt
Zagazig University suspended Professor Maher al-Maghraby for three months and referred him to a disciplinary committee on Sunday for 'insulting Islam'
Islamic researcher and preacher Islam al-Beheiry's one-year prison sentence was widely condemned by public figures, rights organizations and political parties on Wednesday, who claimed that…
«Amr Ezzat writes about the contradiction inherent in the state’s response to atheists»
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