The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations are appalled by the raids on the family homes of academic and researcher Taqadum Al-Khatib and human rights defender Mohamed Soltan; clear acts of reprisal …
Civil Society Urge EU Member States to Support Resolutions on Palestine in Upcoming Human Rights Council Session
On 8 February 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), together with Al-Haq, Al Mezan, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), 11.11.11, and CNCD.11.11.11, sent a joint …
Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the …
Yemen: European Parliament Adopts Resolution, Calls on EU and Member States to Address Accountability Gap
On Thursday, 11 February 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen by a large majority of 638 votes for, 12 against and …
A new human rights report: How can the UK government protect human rights defenders
The unprecedented surge in attacks against human rights defenders around the world is the focus of a human rights report issued on February 10, 2021 by Amnesty International UK and …
CIHRS Issues Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration on Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …
Egypt | In conjunction with the Ramy Shaath and Zyad el-Elaimy appeal hearing: Letter to ambassadors concerning Egypt’s use of terror lists to suppress human rights defenders
Ten civil society organizations including CIHRS, a European Lawyers’ association and three prominent lawyers are publishing a letter today February 10 addressed to a group of European Union Ambassadors denouncing …
80 CSOs urge U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to Increase Support for Human Rights Defenders
Eighty human rights, environmental, democracy and anti-corruption organizations-including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies- led by EarthRights International have sent a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony …
Egypt | Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action
Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue (Geneva – February 9, 2021) — Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, more than …
Lebanon Must Ensure Justice and Accountability for Loqman Slim’s Assassination
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is greatly saddened over the assassination of Loqman Slim, a prominent Lebanese political activist. For the sake of justice, we are calling for …