The Platform [i] strongly condemns the disappearance of the former Prime Minister of Libya, Mr. Ali Zeidan, for the seventh consecutive day amidst the shameful silence of the authorities in …
New Book | Arab Authoritarianism:The Incubators of Terror
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a new book titled Arab Authoritarianism: The Incubators of Terror examining the link between the authoritarian policies and practices of most …
Libya | A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution
A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution By: Ragab Saad On July 29, forty-three members among a sixty-member Constituent Assembly in Libya, voted in …
Egypt | Assembly Law’s repeal to be considered by State Council today
Today, Thursday August 3, the commissioners of the State Council’s first circuit will convene the first session on the petition (no. 26245/71) filed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Syria: Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
The family of Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software engineer and free speech activist, confirmed that he had been subjected to an extrajudicial execution in October 2015. The undersigned human rights …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and calls on the UN to take the lead in rebuilding failing Arab states and establish a UN monitoring mechanism on Egypt
Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres met with the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Bahey eldin Hassan at the Secretary-General’s office at the …
Egypt | Call to postpone the EU-Egypt Association Council
To Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, To Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, …
Occupied Palestinian Territory | UN should ensure accountability and end the half-century long occupation
In a statement delivered by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) on 19 June 2017 under Agenda Item 7 at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), UN Member …
Egypt | Government must cease escalating persecution of human rights defenders and members of peaceful opposition parties and movements
The deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt was highlighted by civil society organizations at the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held in Geneva. On Monday the …
Egypt | CIHRS and AFTE Challenge Unconstitutional Interior Minister Decree on Travel Bans
On Tuesday June 20th, the Administrative Court held the fourth hearing on an appeal filed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Freedom of …