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UN Human Rights Council Concludes its 18th Session: Arab Spring turns into “winter of discontent” at the United Nations . UN Rights Council shines spot-light on Middle East, but does not provide protection for democracy activists

In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRS

In the shadow of brutal crackdowns and severe repressive attacks launched by entrenched autocrats against pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council began its …

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Bahey eldin Hassan warns of the dangers of reviving the policies and practices of Mubarak and al-Adli and the application of the emergency law

In Statements and Position Papers by CIHRS

In a lecture to National Security officers: Bahey eldin Hassan warns of the dangers of reviving the policies and practices of Mubarak and al-Adli and the application of the emergency law Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), said that that the “fullapplication” of the emergency law and an expansion of its scope would affect many spheres that remained untouched by the law even in the Mubarak era. In its essence, it is the application of policies pursued by theformer president and his interior minister, …