Today December 4th 2019, a group of national, regional and international NGOs have called on the UN Human Rights Council (the Council), to urgently act to ensure the “the establishment of a robust international investigative mechanism” into war crimes, crimes against humanity and human rights violations in...
Accusation of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood – used by the state against oppositional politicians, journalists, and activists- now leveraged even against Coptic Christians The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls for the immediate release of Coptic Christian activist Ramy Kamel, arrested by the...
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on UN Special Rapporteurs, and Members of the European Parliament, and representatives in national Parliaments of European States, to urgently intervene and communicate with the Egyptian authorities to immediately release prisoners of conscience Eman Al-Helw and Hossam Ahmad,...
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...
