Egypt’s prisons are incubators of extremists, new report warns The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released today 8 May 2019 the Arabic translation of Like a Fire in …
Report: Civilians hastily executed without due process protections by Egyptian military courts
Today October 15, six independent rights organizations released a new report as part of the campaign to end capital punishment in Egypt. The report, “Military Execution,” examines the state-sponsored killing …
New Report Details Deteriorating Human Rights Conditions in Egypt
Human Rights First and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today released a new report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in Egypt under the government of President Abdel …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
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 Yet the continued application of outdated laws governing civic activities forebodes a reinstatement of numerous arbitrary administrative and security practices …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 …