In November 2019, the Human Rights Education Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies held its third annual Young Leaders of Civil Society Program (YLCSP), a training symposium …
Egypt: Close Case 488 and immediately release all defendants
100 days since the imprisonment of Esraa Abdel-Fattah Detention renewed for journalists Hossam al-Sayyad, Sulafa Majdi, Khaled Dawoud We, the undersigned organizations, renew our demand for Case no. 488 of …
Egypt: Campaign against state’s unlawful use of colonial-era Assembly Law continues despite courtroom defeat
An ongoing challenge against the Egyptian government’s unlawful use of the repealed British occupation-era Assembly Law ended in defeat on January 18th in the Administrative Court’s first circuit. The court’s …
Egypt: Detainees Ensnared in Prison System by Illegitimate Practice of “Recycling Cases”
Tampering with Egypt’s judiciary to keep government critics perpetually behind bars The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s illegitimate practice of “recycling cases,” and call for …
Egypt: Rights groups renew demand for Red Cross oversight of prisons
After the death of Mustafa Kassem and others in Egyptian prisons Following the death of dual Egyptian- American national Mustafa Kassem on Monday January 13th, the undersigned rights organizations renew …
Iraq: Dangerous Trend of Unlawful Military Interventions in Arab States Must End
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the assassinations of Iranian commander, General Qassem Soleimani, and the Iraqi Deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Committee (Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi), Abu …
Gender Equality: Still a Long Way Down the Line
Messaoud Romdhani “Mind the Gap!!” In 1993, the UN General Assembly issued the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, defining such violence as “any act of gender-based violence …
Libya: Alarming new cycle of violence is fertile ground for foreign intervention
CIHRS condemns the continuous military interference of UN member States in Libyan affairs which, since 2016, has undermined local, national and international efforts toward a fundamental, peaceful political solution. We …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …
Human rights organisations welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on racial segregation and apartheid on both sides of the Green Line
Palestinian, regional, and international human rights organisations welcome the adoption, on Friday, 12 December 2019, by the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD or ‘the …
Egypt: Rights organizations demand investigations in the 167-day disappearance and torture of Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
Days before his detention renewal session scheduled for Sunday, December 22, the undersigned Egyptian rights organizations renew their demand for the immediate release of Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, Urban Researcher at …
Urgent Appeal: Libyan Authorities Must Release Journalist Rida Fahil al-Bom Immediately
Member organizations of the Libya Platform coalition[1] call on the executive authorities in western Libya, subordinate to the Accord Government, to immediately release Rida Fahil al-Bom who is currently being …
Egypt: Rights organizations hold Egyptian authorities accountable for Ramy Kamel’s safety and life
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations condemn the continued detention of Ramy Kamel, a human rights activist and defender of Coptic Christian minority rights in Egypt. We call on the Supreme …
Apartheid Imposed by Israel Must be Condemned by International Community
Israel’s Policy of Systematic Discrimination Probed by United Nations Committee (Geneva) – On December 4 and 5 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewed …
Fourth Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: Prospects for peace, democracy, and reform amid the second wave of the Arab Spring
With a resurgence of uprisings throughout the Arab region, the Fourth Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement, held in Brussels on December 7th and 8th, sought to address the …