Egypt: Rights Defender Charged With Terrorism

Egypt: Rights Defender Charged With Terrorism

Press Release - Escalating Crackdown on Critics

Egypt: Rights Defender Charged with Terrorism

Click to expand Image Hossam Bahgat. © EIPR (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have renewed their judicial harassment of Hossam Bahgat, a leading human rights defender and the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), one of the few remaining human rights groups in Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today. The Supreme State Security Prosecution, an abusive prosecution branch, summoned Bahgat for interrogations on January…

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Egypt Releases Rights Activist Hossam Bahgat on Bail

Hossam Bahgat, the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), was released on Sunday by Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution after posting a bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($398). Bahgat faced charges of participating in and financing terrorist group activities and spreading false information. The charges stem from an EIPR statement that urged Egypt’s public prosecutor, Mohamed Shawky Ayad, to investigate rep…