This statement was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the investigations concerning him...
The right to health is a fundamental and inclusive[1] human right, encompassing health care, safe drinking water in hospital facilities, adequate sanitation, adequate nutrition, and housing. Functioning public health care facilities, goods and services should be available, accessible, in acceptable conditions, and of good quality. States...
Source: The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned human rights groups are appalled by the assassination of lawyer and political activist Hanan al-Barassi in Benghazi on 10 November 2020, and call on the competent authorities to launch an independent, impartial and effective investigation into...
Source: The Cairo Institute of Human Studies Your Excellency, In solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), we are human rights organisations and initiatives writing to express our utmost concern regarding the unprecedented and alarming escalation against EIPR, one of Egypt’s oldest and most reputable human rights...
Source: The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 including media, political and human rights platforms. Blocking websites is a violation of people’s rights to access information and free...
Source : Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned human rights organizations call for charges to be dismissed in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, whose verdict is scheduled for October 26th. Guilty only of exercising his right to peaceful expression of opinion through social...
