To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights CouncilExcellency, We, the undersigned NGOs, urge your government to support the renewal and strengthening of the mandate …
Egypt: Impunity for Perpetrators and Retaliation Against Survivors
The Fifth Anniversary of the Rabaa al-Adawiya MassacreFive years after the violent dispersals of the Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nadha sit-ins, there has neither been accountability for perpetrators nor justice for …
Egypt: Release Amal Fathy, victim of the state’s widening prosecution to silence human rights defenders
The undersigned rights organizations condemn Amal Fathy’s referral to trial in case no. 7991/2018. Fathy is the wife of human rights defender Mohamed Lotfy, the director of the Egyptian Commission …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
“The deterioration of humanitarian conditions and the state of human rights in most Arab countries is a natural result of the militarization of politics, the failure to find peaceful and …
8 Years for a Facebook Video: Egypt Must Immediately Release Mona el-Mazbouh
Sentenced to 8 years in prison for a Facebook video: over 25 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Lebanese tourist Mona el-Mazbouh.Take ActionThe below signatories express …
President must not ratify laws destroying last bastions of free speech in Egypt
Share this PostThe undersigned organizations denounce the three laws regulating media passed by the Egyptian Parliament on July 16th. We declare our full solidarity with all journalists and media professionals …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations | 38th Session of the Human Rights Council
بين 18 يونيه و6 يوليو 2018، انعقدت الدورة الـ38 لمجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة في جنيف بسويسرا. ركزت الجلسة على القرارات المواضيعية، بما في ذلك تلك المتعلقة بحماية المجتمع المدني …
Re: Israel’s unlawful closure and blockade of the Gaza Strip under international law
Dear High Representative Federica Mogherini, Dear Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Dear EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, We are writing regarding the alarming situation in the Gaza Strip, to call on you …
French Ambassador for Human Rights meets with CIHRS Director Bahey Eldin Hassan and Honorary President of EuroMed Rights Michel Tubiana
Today, the French Human Rights Ambassador, François Croquette, met with Bahey Eldin Hassan, Egyptian human rights defender and director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) as well …
Egypt: Allow celebration of World Nubian Day and immediately end discrimination against Nubians
The undersigned organizations condemn the continuation of discriminatory policies against Egypt’s indigenous Nubian community, exemplified by the Egyptian security authorities’ prohibition on the celebration of World Nubian Day, observed annually …