On Tuesday, 25March, CIHRS held a meeting with a diplomatic delegation from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, the human rights situation in the Arab region and …
Morocco: Prohibition of Military Trials of Civilians a Fundamental Step towards Judicial Independence
Presidential Candidates in Egypt Should Follow Morocco’s Precedent
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcomes the decision of the Moroccan cabinet on 14 March 2014 to approve new draft legislation regarding the military judicial system. Upon …
The Human Rights Council must act to end impunity and to protect vulnerable groups in Syria
United Nations Human Rights Council: 25th Session Item 4: ID COI Syria: Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 18 March 2014 Delivered by: Mr. Amir Kazkaz …
Syria: Free Key Rights Defenders Government Arbitrarily Holds Darwish, Colleagues Despite UN Demands
The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said …
Global call to make 3rd anniversary of Syria Crisis the last marked by bloodshed
Thousands of people to attend vigils held in more than 40 countries. Banksy creates a #WithSyria reworking of his iconic “girl with a red balloon” image. Nelson’s Column, the Lincoln …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Attempts to Eradicate Pro-Democracy Movements in Arab Region Require Urgent Response
(Geneva) As the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) begins, many governments in the Arab region are increasingly criminalizing and violently repressing almost all forms of free expression …
Syrian Human Rights Defenders to the United Nations Human Rights Council: Stop Spiral of Violence against Women in Syria!
As the 25th session of the HRC starts today in Geneva, A coalition of Syrian rights groups supported by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
CIHRS publishes new book: Deliverance or Destruction? Syria at a Crossroads
The countries of the “Arab Spring” have experienced political and social upheavals that vary in scope, in terms of their impact on the democratic transitions in these countries, and in …
On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish:
Syria- The human rights situation remains critical as two more human rights defenders are targeted
16 February 2014 marked the two-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish. Despite the international reaction and calls for his release and that of …
States from around the world urge Yemen to protect women, jump-start national human rights reform, and provide transitional accountability
Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the report of the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the human rights situation in the Republic of Yemen. The UPR …
Qatar: Economic Progress Fueled by Totalitarian Repression and Modern-Day Slavery
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcomes the recent visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to Qatar, which took place from …
Abducted human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouneh and her three colleagues must be released unharmed
Four Syrian activists abducted in the Damascus suburbs, apparently in relation to their human rights and humanitarian work, must be released immediately and unconditionally, 16 human rights organizations said today. …
Urgent appeal for the release of prisoners of conscience and all detainees in Syria
The undersigned organizations express their utmost concerns as for the fate of tens of thousands of detainees in Syria and urge all parties to guarantee in all circumstances their physical …
End unfair imprisonment of Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, eligible for early release
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Front Line Defenders, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the Cairo Institute for …
BAHRAIN: Lawyer mandated by international human rights NGOs denied entry to Bahrain to observe the trial of human rights defender Naji Fateel
November 15, 2013. While the appeals trial of human right defender Naji Fateel is due to start on November 18, 2013, a group of human rights NGOs regrets the lack …