With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values of the Arab Spring have been evoked by protest movements throughout the region, in countries...
Including UN Assistant Secretary-General Andrew Gilmour, Sudan’s Minister of Culture and Media Faisal Mohamed Saleh, and prominent Egyptian politician Mohamad El-Baradei On its 25th anniversary, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies expresses its deep gratitude for the support and well-wishes it has received over the...
Today December 4th 2019, a group of national, regional and international NGOs have called on the UN Human Rights Council (the Council), to urgently act to ensure the “the establishment of a robust international investigative mechanism” into war crimes, crimes against humanity and human rights violations in...
Accusation of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood – used by the state against oppositional politicians, journalists, and activists- now leveraged even against Coptic Christians The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls for the immediate release of Coptic Christian activist Ramy Kamel, arrested by the...
he Libya Platform encourages all local and international associations operating in Libya to appeal all legislation and regulations aimed at civil society issued since 2016 by the executive authorities throughout the country., even if the legally stipulated 60-day time limit[2] to challenge them has passed. A...
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on UN Special Rapporteurs, and Members of the European Parliament, and representatives in national Parliaments of European States, to urgently intervene and communicate with the Egyptian authorities to immediately release prisoners of conscience Eman Al-Helw and Hossam Ahmad,...
