On June 19, 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), Human Rights Watch …
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 …
Call for Action on Eritrea at UN Human Rights Council
To: Members of the Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned non-governmental organisations are writing to express their utmost concern about the ongoing widespread and systematic human rights violations in Eritrea …
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 …
Dilemma of the “Arab Spring”: Inadequate reforms, erosion of the civil state, denial of justice
Press release on the CIHRS’ annual report on human rights in the Arab world Nearly a year after the eruption of what the media dubbed the “Arab Spring,” it is …
The Cairo Institute publishes its fourth annual report under the title “Fractured Walls… New Horizons”
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies published its fourth annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab world. Through its research and analysis, this report addresses …
Syrians cannot afford to wait!
Arab and International civil society present measures to the League of Arab States to intensify leadership on Syria Your Excellency, Dr. Nabil El Araby Secretary General, League of Arab States …
Human Rights Council must insist Morocco end repression of the Sahrawi People
Morocco rejects the establishment of a permanent human rights component in MINURSO Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate Aminatou Haidar, RFK Partners for Human Rights Advocacy Director Marselha Gonçalves Margerin, Professor …