By Moataz El Fegiery The Arab spring came as a golden moment for Egypt’s popular, well-prepared Islamists to establish their political influence in the post-revolutionary political order. Two years after …
From tortured to tyrant
What’s shocking is not that Islamist currents have proven anti-democratic and anti-human rights, but how quickly they dropped the façade of the victim, writes Bahieddin Hassan “The security apparatus is not …
Joint Appeal by Egyptian Human Rights Organizations to the UN OHCHR
Joint Appeal by 22 Organizations Ms. Navanethem Pillay >United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des …
Spring at the United Nations:
Positive Action Breathes New Life into the UN Human Rights Council, but Challenges Remain
(22 March, 2013 – Geneva) The 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) comes to an end on 22 March. While the Council has been heavily …
Human rights groups condemn the targeting and assault of individuals based on their identity in the Muqattam events
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by reports and testimonies indicating that groups of demonstrators on Friday, 22 March, targeted individuals for the purpose of physically harming them. …
Egyptian Rights Defenders at UN: “Human rights crises in Egypt must be addressed”
Egyptian human rights defenders representing the Egyptian NGO Forum, a group of 23 independent Egyptian human rights organizations, have been present at the 22nd session of the United Nations Human …
Egyptian rights defenders address human rights in Egypt at UN Human Rights Council
As part of the activities of the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), currently convened in Geneva, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs condemns increasing restrictions on civil society, warns of draft legislation to paralyze NGOs in Egypt
In an Oral Intervention to the United Nations: In an oral intervention to the United Nations Human Rights Council presented yesterday, 5 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Legislation Violates the Right to Freedom of Assembly in the Arab Region
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the legislation regulating the right to freedom of assembly in the Arab region …
In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Despite their role in the Arab Uprisings, women face marginalization from political sphere
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – in collaboration with Nazra for Feminist Studies, the New Woman Foundation, and the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women …