This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies For over a quarter of a century, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has contributed to the Arab Rights Library with more than 400 specialized publications on human rights. The library is...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies On 1 May 2020 CIHRS made a submission on reprisals against individuals cooperating with the human rights mechanisms of United Nations to the office of the Secretary-General. This submission focuses on intimidation and...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Amid widespread calls to reduce the country’s prison population in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian government has instead embarked on countrywide state security raids throughout the last two months, arresting...
This statement was first posted bu the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger. Alaa has been on a hunger...
This statement was first posted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The signatory human rights organizations denounce the exclusion of prisoners of conscience from the April 14th pardon issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Persons including peaceful opposition politicians, human rights defenders, journalists, and lawyers are...
This article was first posted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Paris-Cairo-Geneva, April 24, 2020 – Cairo’s Criminal Court has decided to put Ramy Shaath, Egyptian-Palestinian human rights defender, and Zyad al-Elaimy, former member of Parliament and human rights lawyer, on Egypt’s “terrorist list” for a period...
