The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations express their grave concern regarding the recent developments that are rapidly pushing Egypt toward the brink of civil war, the first signs of which …
Egypt’s New Constitution: Entrenched Despotism
President Mohamed Morsi’s recent constitutional declaration was a blow to the goals of the revolution; to achieve a real democratic transformation, to establish the rule of law, a separation of powers, and an …
Rights Groups File Urgent Lawsuit against Presidential Decree
This morning 25 Egyptian advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit before the Court of Administrative Justice seeking the annulment of the President’s decree issuing a new constitutional declaration on 21 November …
New constitutional declaration Gives Morsi sweeping powers and deals lethal blow to judicial independence
The undersigned rights organizations announce their unequivocal rejection of the constitutional declaration issued by the president on November 22 and demand its immediate revocation. These organizations believe that the president …
In a New Lecture by CIHRS in Fayoum:
Will the Next Constitution Achieve the Goals of the Revolution?
Coinciding with the escalation of protests claiming the Constituent Assembly to be dissolved, and the membership of many members to be frozen, for objection to the proposed draft and as …
No to constitution establishing political and theocratic tyranny; Egyptian rights groups reject draft constitution
The undersigned human rights organizations express their rejection of the content and philosophy of the draft constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly and scheduled to be voted on in a …
Ministry of Foreign Affairs cancels invitations to advocacy groups to meet with EU; President excludes rights organizations from meeting with “civil society”
Joint Press Release by 21 Egyptian Human Rights organizations The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the exclusion of Independent Egyptian human rights organizations by the Egyptian authorities. Two days ago, …
Letter from parties, NGOs, syndicates and political movements to the IMF
Dr. Hisham QandilPrime Minister of Egypt Magles El Shaab St., Cairo Ms. Christine Lagarde Managing Director International Monetary Fund, 700 19th Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20431 Dear Dr. …
Egypt’s Draft Constitution Opens the Door to a Religious State
The Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the constitution will face its fate on Tuesday before Cairo’s Administrative Court, with many civil political parties and movements hoping for a verdict which …
Claiming to restore security; draft laws proposed by the Interior Ministry seek to discipline the Egyptian people and criminalize their revolution
In the Mubarak era, a law restricting the press was drafted for the sake of a “free press” and a law repressing civil society was submitted in the name of …