The undersigned rights organizations congratulate the Egyptian people on the inauguration of the first elected civilian president in Egypt’s history, following competitive elections that were deemed to be fair overall …
Our rights in 100 days: The Forum launches a campaign to monitor the president’s human rights priorities
Based on the critical role of civil society in defining and shaping the political future of the country, The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations launched a campaign entitled …
Egypt: CIHRS expresses concern over stripping the president of core powers; demands that president-elect respect human rights
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention before the 20th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, addressing in it the human rights situation …
Administrative Court rules in favor of appeal presented by human rights NGOs, revokes decree enabling military intelligence and military police to arrest civilians
On Tuesday, June 26, the First Circuit Administrative Court – Individual Disputes, headed by Counselor Ali Fekry, issued a decision to revoke Decree No. 4991/2012 of the Minister of Justice …
Press Conference with the Independent Coalition for Elections Monitoring: Presidential Elections neither Free nor Transparent, Somewhat Impartial
A few hours prior to the announcement of the final results of the presidential elections, the Independent Coalition for Elections Monitoring held a press conference on the morning of Sunday, …
CIHRS responds to Egyptian government’s claims before UN: Egyptian government intentionally misleads international public opinion; CIHRS intervention stresses that liberties are not “second-class” rights
A report submitted to the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convened in Geneva, by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and of …
The Political Pathology of the Egyptian State
Egyptians can only hope that the events of the past week represent a temporary setback in the democratic transition, rather than an irreversible regression to authoritarianism – marking the end …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council: Freedom of expression, peaceful protest and litigation before civilian courts… Rights still violated in the Arab world
Today, Monday June 18, marks the inauguration of the proceedings of the 20th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva; the session is scheduled to conclude …
Egypt Voted for Chaos
There is only one conversation in Cairo this week — Who will you vote for in the run-off election? The revolutionaries themselves can’t agree on whether Islamic domination or a …
Welcome to the Military State of Egypt: Minister of Justice Decree More Repressive than State of Emergency, Grants Military Police and Military Intelligence Judicial Authority to Arrest Civilians
The undersigned organizations express their deep shock and categorical rejection of Decree No. 4991 of 2012 issued by the Minister of Justice and published in the Official Gazette on 13 …