The Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is concerned at the noticeable deterioration of the human rights situation in the whole Euromed region. It denounces in particular the …
The Fourteenth Annual Human Rights Summer School (14th August- 3rd September 2007)
The fourteenth Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies annual summer school brought together 42 participants eager to learn about and understand the current Human Rights issues as they stand internationally, …
Government drags opposition journalists through the courts
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the hounding of opposition journalists by the Egyptian courts, in collusion with members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). Three journalists on the daily …
An Invitation to Participate at a Training on “Civil Society Organizations Promoting Non-Discrimination and Equality”
A TRAINING COURSE ORGANIZED BY DANISH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES Cairo 4-8 November 2007 Issues related to diversity and tolerances are becoming increasingly …
Democratise or disintegrate
The failure of the Middle East democratisation project is not something to celebrate, even if outside forces championed it; it prefaces the disintegration of the Arab world, writes Bahey Eldin Hassan[1] …
Shameful attempt to silence Human Rights Defenders
The decision to close down the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) seems to be a retaliation for its significant role in exposing the wave of institutionalized torture …
Four newspaper editors sentenced to a year’s labour for libelling president and ruling party
A Cairo criminal court yesterday sentenced four newspaper editors to a year’s forced labour and the maximum possible fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (2,600 euros) for libel and “false information …
Human rights movement stands-up against police measures and says:No to closing down the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid
Egyptian human rights organizations and societies joined forces and gathered inside the office of the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid Saturday night 8 September and decided to stand-up …
Israel/Lebanon: Israeli Indiscriminate Attacks Killed Most Civilians:No Evidence of Widespread Hezbollah ‘Shielding’
Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes, not Hezbollah’s shielding as claimed by Israeli officials, caused most of the approximately 900 civilian deaths in Lebanon during the July-August 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, …
Sudan : Women and Children Must Be Protected from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Says High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Government of the Sudan must protect women and children from sexual and gender-based violence, says a new report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that …