Abdulmalik al-Houthi and Mohammed bin Salman garner the top two ‘awards’ for committing the most awful crimes in Yemen Soon after the UN Human Rights Council voted to end the …
Salon Ibn Rushd: The Present and Future of Political Islam
“The Present and Future of Political Islam” was the topic of the latest Salon Ibn Rushd seminar held on 28 October 2021 by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society
As a group of 242 regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to escalate its attacks to …
Sudan: The UN Human Rights Council should act urgently and hold a special session
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, As violence is increasing in Sudan following the military coup of …
UAE: Reject candidacy of Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi for INTERPOL presidency
Open letter to the General Assembly of INTERPOL Dear Members of the General Assembly, We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern about the candidacy of Major General …
The FIDH, the OMCT and CIHRS stand in solidarity with attacked Palestinian human rights groups
Brussels, Geneva, Paris, Tunis 25 October 2021 – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) …
Egypt: Arsenal of repressive laws ensure continuation of permanent state of emergency
In the wake of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s announcement on 25 October lifting the emergency law across the country, the undersigned rights organizations assert that this has negligible impact in …
Sudan: No to military rule
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View PostMigrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU’s anvil
Violence on land, violence at sea In Libya, the already dire situation for migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees has been escalating to an unprecedented level of violence. Not only do migrants …