This letter was first published by CIHRS The UN Security Council The undersigned, 30 civil society organisations from around the world, are writing to you at a critical time, the fate of the Sudanese people hangs in the balance and bold leadership is needed to prevent further...
This article was first published by CIHRS We, the undersigned organizations strongly condemn the defamation campaign by the Egyptian authorities against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan, following the recent advocacy work of the organisation he leads, The Freedom Initiative, in Washington D.C. These attacks are part of...
This article was first published by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Protect Human Rights in Counter terrorism Operations States at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva should ensure that Egypt is not allowed to seize a leading role in relation to the mandate of the...
This article was first published by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. The undersigned rights organizations condemn the execution of nine young men on Wednesday February 20th following an unjust, politicized trial rife with torture and due process violations. We further reject the Egyptian government’s politicization...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]*Version française ci-dessous* On 19 February 2019, Tunis became part of AfricanDefenders’ (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) Ubuntu Hub Cities initiative - an African-based relocation programme for human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk. The launch of the Ubuntu...
This article was first published by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. The undersigned rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ latest spate of executions, with three people executed by hanging on February 13 and another three people hanged less than a week earlier on February 7....
