The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months. This years-long practice …
Public Letter to Libyan Government of National Unity: Call for Genuine Human Rights Reforms Ahead of Libya’s Fourth UPR Cycle
Your Excellency, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of Libya. We, the organizations of the Libya Platform Coalition for Human Rights and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, note the …
Joint statement demands immediate release of Algerian Hirak poet Mohamed Tadjadit risking a death penalty sentence ahead of November 11 hearing
Ahead of upcoming court dates on 11 and 30 November 2025, 20 leading Algerian, regional and international organisations reiterate their calls on the Algerian authorities to drop all charges and …
Egypt: 2025 Parliamentary Elections a Farce to Bolster Sisi Regime
The undersigned Egyptian independent human rights organizations said that Egypt’s upcoming elections to the House of Representatives (HoR), scheduled for 10-11 November 2025, are occurring under chronic and severe restrictions …
The Human Rights Council should convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, and ensure urgent investigations
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Your Excellencies, In light of the situation in and around El Fasher, …
Syria’s Transition Hangs in the Balance: CIHRS Report on Civil Society’s Struggle for a Voice
Download the report as a PDF fileThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report today, titled ‘We can’t sit back and wait’: Syria’s transition through the eyes …
Sudan: Urgent international action required to protect civilians and prevent further atrocities in El Fasher
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with its member organizations in Sudan (SHRM and ACJPS), as well as other undersigned member organizations from across Africa and the Arab …
Egypt: Release Hamdy El-Za’eem: Unlawfully Detained for Five Years
The undersigned organizations call for the immediate and unconditional release of photojournalist Hamdy Mokhtar Ali, ‘Hamdy El-Za’eem’, who has been held in pretrial detention for nearly five years pending Case …
Egypt: Rights Groups Condemn Arbitrary Referral to Trial of Exiled Academic Taqadum El-Khatib and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
The undersigned organizations condemn the relentless persecution and harassment of Egyptian researcher and academic Dr. Taqadum El-Khatib, who has been living in exile in Germany, following a new arbitrary in …
EU/Egypt: First summit should not ignore human rights violations
As the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa hold the “first ever” EU-Egypt summit with Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi on 22 October, the …
Egypt: Immediately release Dr. Abdelkhalek Farouk, unjustly sentenced for his writing
Following a trial failing to meet minimal due process standards, the verdict represents a threat from the authorities that any free expression of opinion will be repressed, including with imprisonment. …
The Yemeni Coalition for Human Rights, in partnership with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies:
#WannaLive – A new human rights campaign addressing the daily suffering of the Yemeni people and the violation of their basic rights
On the anniversary of the Yemeni people’s uprising against the tyranny of the occupation, 14 October, the Yemeni Coalition for Human Rights in partnership with the Cairo Institute for Human …
Yemen: Release Human Rights Lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra
The undersigned non-governmental organisations call on the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, Ansar Allah, to immediately and unconditionally release the prominent human rights lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra from arbitrary detention. …
The 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Normalizing atrocities in the Middle East and North Africa only leads to further unrest
During the United Nation’s 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), member states continued to remain silent on victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity across the Middle …
Safe Passage: Protection for Civilians Under Siege in El Fasher
Time is running out for the estimated 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped in El Fasher, Darfur’s final battleground between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces …