The emergency Arab summit on 4 March 2025 publicly rejected the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza promoted by United States’ President Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu, and announced …
Syria’s National Dialogue: A First Step, But Uncertainty Clouds the Way Forward
Steps indispensable to ensuring an effective, transparent, and inclusive democratic transition in Syria must be immediately undertaken, underscored the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today, following the conclusion …
Urgent Demand to Stop Executions and Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia
We, the undersigned organizations, are gravely concerned about the imminent execution of dozens of prisoners in Saudi Arabia on non-lethal drug-related charges, including numerous Egyptian nationals held in Tabuk Prison. …
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and …
Fourteen Years After Libya’s Revolution: Lawlessness, religious rhetoric and entrenched repression
As Libya marks the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, the country faces an escalating human rights crisis. Initial aspirations for democracy and justice have been eclipsed …
Release EU nationals Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad
Dear Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, We, the undersigned human rights groups, are writing to request your urgent and robust intervention with the Bahraini authorities to …
Arab organizations: US support for ethnically cleansing Palestinians reflects its disdain for Arab countries ravaged by tyranny
The undersigned Arab human rights organizations condemn US President Donald Trump’s adoption of the policy of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people and his intent to implement this policy by …
Yemen: Houthis should end their crackdown on civic space and immediately release arbitrarily detained UN and civil society staff
Houthi de facto authorities should immediately release at least eight UN staff who were arbitrarily detained between 23 and 25 January 2025, as well as dozens of staff from UN …
From Gaza to the West Bank: Israel’s Shifting Fire and the Cost of Impunity
After the 15 January ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Israel swiftly redirected its military aggression to the West Bank, launching the ‘Iron Wall’ operation on 21 January, and imposing harsh security …
Joint Letter to the US Secretary of State to Help Secure the Release of Egyptian Detainee in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Kamel
Dear Secretary of State Marco Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urgently request the Trump administration to help secure the immediate release of Ahmed Kamel from detention in …