The signatory human rights organizations urge UNESCO to reject the candidacy of Moushira Khattab, a nominee for its Director- General post to be selected though election this coming Monday October …
Egypt | Human rights & freedom of expression in Egypt – trapped between security services and the media
Following the escalating violent attempts to suppress and divide civil society organizations, restrict their resources, and increase security measures to silence advocates for human rights and freedom of speech and …
Inquiry related to the database of businesses profiting from occupation welcomed as a positive step towards ending Israeli impunity
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcomes the progress made by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in establishing a database of businesses unlawfully …
Egypt | Human Rights Organizations and Political Parties: Ruling against Khaled Ali a politicized act of retribution exposing deterioration of Egypt’s justice system
The undersigned organizations and political parties condemn the judgment issued against rights lawyer Khaled Ali yesterday September 25 by the Doqqi Misdemeanor Court. Ali was sentenced to three months imprisonment …
For Palestinian unity to prevail, the best interest and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people must be prioritized
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) joins Palestinian civil society organizations in considering the renewed Egyptian efforts a good first step toward bringing an end to the inter-Palestinian strife …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Arab Governments Must Support the UN in Regions Most Afflicted by Repression, Terrorism, and Warfare
On Wednesday September 13th, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Bahey eldin Hassan met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad …
Bahrain | Re: Addressing intensifying human rights violations in Bahrain at the Human Rights Council
Geneva, 30 August 2017 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Bahraini, regional and international human rights organizations, remain alarmed at the ongoing human rights crisis in the Kingdom of Bahrain. We …
Egypt | Detention with no end in Sight for Human Rights Defender Hanan Badr el-Din
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, ten organizations are urging Egyptian authorities to drop the preventative detention order against Hanan Badr el-Din, a human rights defender …
Yemen | Urgent Need for Independent International Inquiry on Yemen. Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Excellency, We, the undersigned nongovernmental organizations, urge you to support the creation of an independent international investigation into violations and abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Yemen …
Judge’s Legitimacy Challenged by Human Rights Defenders before the Court.Travel bans and asset freezes in Foreign Funding Case issued by judge who lost his mandate two years ago.
Standing before the Administrative Court on August 26, 2017, human rights defenders appealed the renewal of investigative Judge Hisham Abdel Megid’s appointment in Case no. 173 of 2011, known as …