Today, in an emergency session of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations tasked the UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) on Sudan and the UN OHCHR with carrying out an …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
34 CSOs Condemn US Sanctions on leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations
As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza escalates, enabled by US military and political support, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions …
Algeria: Lift Undue Restrictions on Associations
Draft Bill Would Maintain Constraints, Grant Government Excessive Authority Algerian authorities should end excessive control over civil society groups and parliament should enact a new associations law based on international …
Palestine’s recognition rings hollow without action to end Israel’s genocide, occupation and annexation
On 22 September, several states recognized, or announced plans to recognize, the State of Palestine during a United Nations conference co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and France, following the UN General …
EU Commission must cut Libyan Coast Guard funding after rescue ship shooting, say 42 humanitarian and civil society groups
To: Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Dubravka Šuica, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean On 24 August, the Libyan Coast Guard opened fire without warning on rescue …