The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) engaged in the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held from September 9-27 in Geneva, Switzerland. CIHRS’ advocacy centered on six countries: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Libya, Sudan, and Yemen. CIHRS’ work, together with its...
Today Egypt will be subject to review under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in Geneva. Scores of Egyptian human rights activists who have actively participated in gathering and submitting information to the process have not been able to present their work to...
Joint UN submission by rights groups exposes endemic torture and appalling conditions in Egypt’s prisons Harrowing testimonies of systematic torture continue being too frequently heard as the date for Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) approaches; Egypt’s review will take place on the 13th of November 09-12.30 Geneva Time. Allegations...
The undersigned human rights organizations express their strong condemnation and condemnation of the blatant attack on the defender and lawyer Jamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, in the context of a campaign targeting him personally, including physical assaults and the...
Egypt /Road Map Program, Statements and Position Papers by CIHRS October 1, 2019 The arrests of Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed al-Baker are the latest in escalating state retaliation against peaceful and lawful opposition and human rights defenders The undersigned rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s intensifying crackdown in the...
Your Excellency, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently announced multiple projects promoting pluralism and tolerance both at home and abroad. 2019 has been declared the ‘Year of Tolerance’ and in 2020, Dubai will host the World Expo trade fair, under the...
