One of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defenders, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence for his human rights work, has protested unfair prison regulations. We, the undersigned, call …
Egypt | With the blatant rigging of the upcoming 2018 presidential elections underway, Rights groups propose ten guarantees for free and fair elections
The undersigned organizations condemn the repressive and unjust actions taken against all individuals who have announced their intention to run in the presidential elections scheduled to begin in February 2018, …
CIHRS concludes its tenth regional training program on international human rights mechanisms
On Sunday December 10, 2017, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded its tenth regional training program on international human rights mechanisms (IHRM 10) in Tunis. Twenty human …
Palestine | US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital sabotages prospects for peace and justice in the region
40 organizations unequivocally reject the United States administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel. The declaration, made on 6 December of this year, constitutes …
The Cairo Institute presents short films on human rights in Libya with EU support
On the occasion of Human Rights Day (10 December), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented a screening today of eight short films depicting human rights struggles and …
Egyptian government deliberately obstructs litigation against repealed Assembly Law at today’s hearing in front of Commissioners Panel
On Thursday morning December 7, the Commissioners Panel of the Administrative Court’s First Circuit convened in the first hearing of the petition filed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Rights groups demand release of Ibrahim Metwally and applaud international solidarity
The undersigned rights organizations renew their demand for the immediate release of rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, the founder and chair of the League for the Families of the Disappeared. …
Joint NGO Statement in Support of the UN Human Rights Database on Business Activities related to Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In December 2017, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is expected to launch a Database that lists corporate actors that have directly or indirectly enabled, facilitated …
Human rights organizations: Travel bans and asset freezes issued during judge’s illegal mandate must be revoked
Yesterday morning, November 28th, 2017, the first appeal to revoke the reassignment of investigative judge Hisham Abdel Meguid to Case 173 of 2011, known as the “Foreign Funding Case,” was …
Egypt | A year after the law’s approval by the Egyptian Parliament Rights groups: No alternative but to repeal new association law, revision pointless
Marking one year since the Egyptian Parliament’s November 2016 approval of Law 70/2017 regulating civic associations, issued by President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in May, the undersigned organizations reiterate their rejection …