Your Excellency, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently announced multiple projects promoting pluralism and tolerance both at home and abroad. 2019 has been …
300 UN recommendations spurned by the Egyptian government; 12 demands must be urgently implemented before next month’s UPR
Egypt: Newly released rights report details direly declining human rights situation since 2014 Egypt’s human rights situation is at its worst since 2014, as corroborated by a newly released report …
MANIFESTO OF THE BRAZILIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ON THE CANDIDATURE OF BRAZIL TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Brazil has strongly supported Palestinians and their pursuit of independence and justice. However, following the election of the new government, led by President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian policy with regard to …
Iraq: Freedom of speech and assembly under attack as over 100 killed, thousands injured and hundreds arrested
The undersigned international, regional and Iraqi human rights organisations demand that the authorities in Iraq immediately uphold promises to put an end to violent reprisals against the popular protest movement …
Libya: An Unprecedented Appeal for Accountability
United Nations officials and member states call for an international investigation into war crimes and human rights violations in Libya at the UN Human Rights Council (October 1, 2019 …
9 Organizations Call for Immediate Release of UN Database on Settlement Business Activities
Geneva, Switzerland – The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and eight additional human rights organizations issued a statement expressing their serious concern and disappointment regarding the decision by the …
Egypt: All are vulnerable as government plunges into frenzied quest to eliminate opposition
The arrests of Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed al-Baker are the latest in escalating state retaliation against peaceful and lawful opposition and human rights defenders The undersigned rights organizations denounce …
Yemen|To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Excellencies, During the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, we write to you as a coalition of Yemeni, regional and international NGOs to call on your delegation …
Sisi’s Egypt: International community should pressure Egypt to immediately cease new wave of repression
Paris, Friday 27 September 2019. With demonstrations set to take place today in Egypt, FIDH and CIHRS fear that demonstrators may face intensified repression and be confronted with lethal force …
Egypt: Rights groups call for immediate release of protesters, political party leaders, and presidential candidates
UN must be invited to investigate the situation in Egypt The brutal crackdown by Egyptian state security, which in the last few days was marked by the arrests of nearly …