The Arab region is facing an immeasurably more profound crisis than it faced at the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings seven years ago, contends the Eight Annual Report issued …
Egypt: Repression made in France
A new report published on July 2nd by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights League (LDH), and Armaments Observatory (OBSARM) …
Tunisia | On the seventh anniversary of the revolution: New book by CIHRS analyzes Tunisia’s difficult democratic transition
Today, January 14th 2018, marks the 7th anniversary of the Tunisian revolution, which ousted a deeply entrenched dictatorship while averting the chaos, civil strife, and bloodshed that afflicted other Arab …
New Report | Freedom of Association in Morocco: Legal Loopholes and Security Practices
Freedom of association in Morocco witnessed relative improvement in 2016–2017. Yet the continued application of outdated laws governing civic activities forebodes a reinstatement of numerous arbitrary administrative and security practices …
New Book | Arab Authoritarianism:The Incubators of Terror
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a new book titled Arab Authoritarianism: The Incubators of Terror examining the link between the authoritarian policies and practices of most …
Issue no. 70 of Rowaq Arabi: The Muslim Brotherhood since Egypt’s Revolution A Failure to Reform
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) recently released issue no. 70 of its occasional periodical, Rowaq Arabi, which explores the future of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) following the …
Egypt | 'Toward the Emancipation of Egypt' CIHRS Report Egypt’s Assembly Law illegally imprisons thousands
Toward the Emancipation of Egypt: A study by CIHRS on the Assembly Law Egypt’s Assembly Law illegally imprisons thousands of Egyptians, 89 years after its official repeal CIHRS Human …
A Joint Report by (CIHRS) and (AFTE) – No Exit: Intimidation and Extortion Prevail with Increasingly Arbitrary Use of Travel Bans against Human Rights Defenders.
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) issued a joint report today on the increasing use of travel bans …
Human Rights Under Siege.The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity
Human Rights Under Siege. The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity “Violent, extremist groups …
Resilient Democracy: An Egyptian Perspective on the Tunisian Democratic Transition
Tunisia gave the Arab world its first revolution in the 21st century. A revolution that demanded freedom, social justice, democracy, human and national dignity. After bringing down its dictator, the …