On Friday 18 June 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a side event to the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, titled “Democracy Denied: The relentless criminalisation of fundamental freedoms warrants an urgent response.” The side event was...
Source: the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies On 15 April, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) published a joint open letter to Mr. Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU), calling on him to prioritize freedom of the...
A few weeks ago the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), together with a group of human rights organizations, signed on to an urgent call to the U.S. State Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood. The letter...
This report was first published by The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Addressing lack of accountability and rule of law remains a priority to protect fragile peace process achievements Following the 23 October 2020 ceasefire declaration, the end of 2020 saw the continuation of United Nations-led...
This statement was first published by the Cairo Insititute for Human Rights Studies In conjunction with the trial session of Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand her immediate release, and for investigations to be held into all the complaints lodged by...
This article was first published on the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies' website The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as demonstrated once again by the recent issuance, in January 2021,...
