The European Parliament’s second urgency resolution on Algeria in a year is an important step and should be followed by stronger public action from the international community On 26 November, …
Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations
This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary detention, in retaliation for his human rights …
Egypt: Gasser Abdel Razek’s life in danger as he endures abuse in prison for human rights meeting with Western diplomats
The Egyptian authorities’ abuse of veteran human rights defender Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), is condemned by the undersigned human rights organizations. …
Libya: Human Rights Briefing (June – October 2020)
The Libya Platform and CIHRSPolitical negotiations success should be measured against radical improvements in the human sectorDaily bombardments of Libya’s capital Tripoli have ceased since June 2020, after the eastern-based …
Morocco: Joint Letter Calling on Moroccan Authorities to Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defender Maati Monjib
The undersigned civil society organizations call on the Moroccan authorities to immediately end their intimidation and harassment campaign against academic and human rights defender Maati Monjib and drop all baseless …
Egypt: Solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Urged by Human Rights Community in Open Letter to Ambassadors and Diplomats
Your Excellency, In solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), we are human rights organisations and initiatives writing to express our utmost concern regarding the unprecedented and alarming …
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, while affirming their work in defending human rights will continue
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and one of the pioneers of the human rights …
Yemen: Urgent appeal to UN special procedures on civilian abductees
The abductees held at the Special Security Forces Detention Camp in Sana’a by Houthi forces in Yemen was the topic of a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations special …
Palestine: CIHRS Addresses the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights
On Monday, 16 November 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in the Exchange of Views on recent human rights developments in Palestine, organized by the Subcommittee …
Egypt: The Public Prosecutor must immediately release EIPR’s administrative manager
There must be accountability for the systematic abduction of human rights defenders by Egypt’s state security services, the latest of whom is Mohamed Basheer, the Administrative Manager of the Egyptian …