Your Excellency, We remain highly concerned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, in particular the recent mass executions of 37 men on 23 April, the continued arbitrary detention …
HRC40: Saudi Arabia faces historic censure, Egypt’s attempt to undermine UN counterterrorism & human rights mechanism thwarted
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 40th session Saudi Arabia faces historic censure, Egypt’s attempt to undermine UN counterterrorism & human rights mechanism thwarted The Cairo Institute …
Save clerics, activists, and other peaceful dissidents from the Saudi government’s execution spree
With credible reports that Saudi Arabia will imminently execute three prominent clerics after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the undersigned organizations urge the international community to immediately intervene and …
Saudi Arabia: Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of rights defenders
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, CIHRS would like to call attention to detained female human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, who have peacefully campaigned against gender discrimination in …
CIHRS 21st Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab World
Issues for the human rights movement in volatile political and social contexts In armed conflict, should human rights groups prioritize accountability or peace? How should the rights movement address critical …
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent, following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders
Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, we the undersigned civil society organisations call on the international community, including the United Nations, multilateral and regional institutions …
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session: UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threats
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session:UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threatsThe 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
“The deterioration of humanitarian conditions and the state of human rights in most Arab countries is a natural result of the militarization of politics, the failure to find peaceful and …
Oral intervention on Yemen at the UN Human Rights Council 38th Session
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivered an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council 38th session held in Geneva in June, deteriorating situation in Yemen.UN Human …
Joint Statement by Human Rights and Civil Liberties Groups
The undersigned human rights and civil liberties organizations urge the Saudi and UAE-led coalition to immediately and unconditionally release Radhya Almutawakel and Abdulrasheed Alfaqih, two prominent Yemeni human rights defenders …