This statement was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies One year into the most recent escalation of fighting, civilians in Libya face yet another threat to their health and well-being. With the first death from Covid-19 reported in Libya this month, the Libya...
This article was first posted by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies In the run-up to the 2020 Libya Universal Periodic Review pre-session in collaboration with UPR Info , CIHRS with Libya Platform[1], issued a joint statement on April 2nd 2020 detailing the reasons for the Libyan authorities’...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake of curbing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. As the Egyptian government imposes a curfew...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies In an urgent appeal this morning 25 March 2020, five regional and international human rights organizations called on the international community to pressure the Egyptian government to immediately release actress and human rights...
This petition was first published on change.org To the Egyptian government: Fight the pandemic, Release the detainees! We, the undersigned physicians, public health experts, jurists, politicians, Egyptian citizens and citizens from all over the world, express our grave concern at the gravity of the situation facing tens...
This post was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy, and demand his unconditional release and the dropping of all charges against him. The sentence represents a continuation...
