World Press Freedom Day serves as a vital occasion to remind governments of their commitment to a free, independent, and transparent press. The undersigned organizations denounce the persistent authoritarian abuses …
Algeria: Free Hirak poet, sentenced to 5 years in prison over critical writings
On the day of his appeal trial, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls on Algerian authorities to release and end the judicial harassment of Mohamed Tadjadit, sentenced …
58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Move to weaken investigation on Syria halted, but complicity for other atrocities persists
On 4 April, the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ended with the unanimous adoption of a resolution to renew the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry …
Algeria: joint open letter to member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council
Joint Open Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Calling On Them to Address Ongoing Repression of Civic Space in Algeria During The 58th Session …
No Safe Haven: Algeria’s Transnational Repression of Dissidents
For Algerian activists, journalists and human rights defenders, physical borders no longer offer any sanctuary. The growing use of transnational repression by Algeria is a stark example of how authoritarian …
TAE’THIR CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
T H E M E “Resisting Defeatism” Humanity has endured endless tests throughout the recent decades, with the past year proving particularly devastating. The ongoing genocidal wars in Gaza and …
A Web of Intimidation: New Report Reveals Algerian Government’s Global Crackdown on Dissent
View PostSubject: The addition of Egypt, Morocco and Algeria as safe countries of origin
To the attention of Prime Minister Harris, Tánaiste Martin, Minister McEntee, Minister O’Gorman and Minister Browne We, the undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations, are writing to you with utmost concern …
56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Rights Protections Undermined as Victims Increasingly Abandoned
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expressed profound concern over the increasing abandonment of victims of wide-spread and severe human rights violations throughout the MENA region and wider world, …
Priorities of the human rights movement amid a region in crisis and a crumbling international order
Conclusions of the 27th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement The future of human rights in the Arab region faces a compounded crisis. On the one hand, the ability …