On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) was inaugurated at the council’s headquarters in Geneva; the session is slated to close on …
Appeal to the “Friends of Syria” conference
We the undersigned, representing 144 international and Arab NGOs from over 20 countries, call on the “Friends of Syria” conference, to be held on February 24th in Tunis, to seek …
Syrian Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish and other detained activists
The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and …
CIHRS Condemns the Arrest of Human Rights Defenders in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned about the continued illegal arrest and detention of at least 8 human rights defenders from the Syrian Center for …
France: Human Rights Organisations Call for Refusal of Dr Mourad Dhina Extradition Request by Algerian Authorities
A coalition of ten international and national NGOs today addressed French Prime Minister François Fillon in a public letter calling for Alkarama’s executive director Dr Mourad Dhina not be extradited …
Withdraw the mission, call for UN action!
145 representatives of Arab civil society organisations working in the Arab world demand LAS action on Syria A coalition of 145 Arab organisations working in nineteen countries across the Arab world has …
IFEX-TMG calls for recent public media appointments to be revoked and for journalists’ protection
Joint statement : On the anniversary of the revolution, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, urges the Tunisian government to revoke …
Bahrain: Vicious Attack on Human Rights defender Nabeel Rajab
06 Jan 2012 The Gulf Centre for Human Rights, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hold the authorities in Bahrain full responsibility for …
International joint Urgent Appeal: Egypt National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack
The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about reports of attacks against NGOs in Egypt. Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, as well as public prosecutors, are reported …
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, and public prosecutors have stormed the offices of: Arab …