With Gaza already devastated by relentless, indiscriminate attacks on civilians and infrastructure, obstruction of life-saving aid, imminent famine and the forced displacement of nearly its entire population, Israel is now …
Freedom Stifled in Algeria: Everyone is a Target, from Journalists to Poets
World Press Freedom Day serves as a vital occasion to remind governments of their commitment to a free, independent, and transparent press. The undersigned organizations denounce the persistent authoritarian abuses …
Egypt: Parliament Passes New Code of Criminal Procedures, Institutionalizes Nation’s Human Rights Crisis
On Tuesday 29 April, the Egyptian Parliament adopted a new code of criminal procedures, a law that is meant to constitute the backbone of justice, equality before the law, and …
Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect
The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where conditions are rapidly deteriorating and prisoners …
Human Rights Groups Warn Against Designating Egypt as a Safe Country of Origin
The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a Union-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and to include Egypt among them incompatible with the …
Egypt: Ahead of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh’s trial, rights organizations demand the dismissal of the retaliatory case against him
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned as the trial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh approaches, with its first session on Sunday, 27 April. Ahmed is the son of Dr. …
Egypt: 14 human rights organizations demand justice for the extrajudicial killing of two young persons and the arbitrary arrest of dozens of women in Marsa Matrouh and call for urgent, impartial, and transparent investigations to be opened and for those responsible to be brought to justice
The undersigned organizations express their solidarity to the people of Marsa Matrouh governorate in Egypt for the extrajudicial killings during the police pursuit of a wanted person, according to testimonies …
Libya: Stop the crackdown on NGOs supporting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the Libyan authorities’ latest crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their staff, solely for providing humanitarian assistance to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya. …
Algeria: Free Hirak poet, sentenced to 5 years in prison over critical writings
On the day of his appeal trial, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls on Algerian authorities to release and end the judicial harassment of Mohamed Tadjadit, sentenced …
58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Move to weaken investigation on Syria halted, but complicity for other atrocities persists
On 4 April, the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ended with the unanimous adoption of a resolution to renew the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry …