His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Your Excellency, In the face of growing international concern about human rights violations in Bahrain as you prepare to welcome …
Open Letter to the Government of Bahrain: Respect the Rights of Al-Khawaja Family
Maryam Al-Khawaja, a 24 year old woman human rights defender from Bahrain, has been doing extensive work on documenting human rights violations prior to and during the February 14th uprising …
IFEX-TMG alarmed by ongoing attacks targeting demonstrators, media, performers and academics
Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, is alarmed by ongoing attacks targeting journalists, artists, performers and women for the “crime” of freely expressing their opinion as …
Detained defender Al Khawaja between life and death
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are extremely concerned about the continued deterioration …
On the eve of the Arab Summit Cooperation with civil society, a key pillar to Arab League Reform
Human rights organizations in the Arab world confirmed that the development and reform of the League of Arab States (LAS) requires the adoption of serious reforms, on top of which …
One year into the “Arab Spring,” Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and other Arab governments continue to pursue impunity for human rights violations
The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 19th Session, adopting several resolutions in relation to the ongoing struggle for democracy within the Arab region. Resolutions concerningLibya,Syria,Yemen, the Promotion and Protection …
Days before holding the Arab Summit in Baghdad… CIHRS condemns the UN’s inability to put an end to the violations in the OPTs and its failure in limiting illegal expansions of Israeli settlements amid Arab and International silence
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) addressed the ongoing violations and the deteriorating human rights conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in an intervention before the …
Memorandum on the Development of Joint Arab Action presented by 37 Human Rights Organizations
HE Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi Head of the Committee for the Development of Joint Arab Action League of Arab States Dear Sir, The Undersigned human rights organizations and activists …
CIHRS Joins 20 NGOs around the World Calling for the Extension of Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur
To the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council: As you know, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran is currently up for renewal and will be …
Syrian rights defenders call on the UN to refer all evidence of alleged international crimes the ICC
UN Human Rights Council: 19th Session Oral Intervention: ID on Report of COI on Syria Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 12 March, 2012 Delivered by: Mr. Mohammad Alabdallah …