The undersigned rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ latest spate of executions, with three people executed by hanging on February 13 and another three people hanged less than a week …
Egypt: Proposed amendments threaten stability and sanction lifelong presidency
The undersigned independent rights organizations and institutions unequivocally reject the proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution; supported by the president and put up for parliamentary debate after their approval by a …
35 African civil society organisations call for strong AU response to popular uprising in Sudan.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Excellencies, Representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council Member States, H.E. Chairperson Mr. Moussa Faki, African Union Commission, Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned African civil society …
Sudan | European Union: Don’t Host ICC suspect
The EU-LAS Summit is scheduled to take place from 24-25 February 2019 in Egypt. The Sudanese president is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of criminal responsibility …
Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission in Sudan
Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned Sudanese, African and international organisations and individuals, write to you ahead of …
Egypt: President Macron meets with Egyptian rights defenders
Mohamed Zaree: International community must not sanction disregard for constitutional presidential term limits Mohamed Zaree, the director of the Egypt office of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met …
Egypt: President must uphold, not manipulate the Constitution
The undersigned independent human rights organizations call on all independent voices able to speak up freely to pressure President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his commitment to complying with Egypt’s …
Libya Platform: Human rights defender Ali Nouh remembered for his devotion to human rights and justice for all Libyans, without distinction or discrimination
With great sorrow, the Libya Platform mourns the death of human rights defender Ali Mohamed Abdelslam Nouh, who passed away on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 after suffering from long illness and …
CIHRS launches Rowaq Arabi for analyses of the human rights movement in volatile political and social contexts
On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 20th anniversary of the Paris Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Today, 28 December 2018, the Cairo Institute …
Sudan: International community must intervene immediately to save lives from ICC fugitive president who uses live ammunition on protesters
The undersigned rights organizations admonish the Sudanese authorities’ use of excessive force in responding to popular protests underway since December 19, which culminated in the death and injury of dozens …