On June 7, 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights issued its second interim report on media coverage of the vote in the 2014 presidential elections. The report documents and …
CIHRS Issues First Interim Report on Media Performance During the Presidential Election Campaign
On May 22, 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies issued its media observatory’s first interim report assessing the performance of 15 media outlets during the Egyptian presidential election …
How Can Arabs Benefit from European Experiences with Democratic Transition?
International experiences of democratization can offer insights into the transition from authoritarianism to democracy. In light of this, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presents issue No. 67 of …
Two counterterrorism support laws and a suspension of the demonstration law: a new upending of the constitution
CIHRS sends a legal memo to the president and the prime minister on two bills supporting terrorism and the police state Memo: Draft laws constitute largest threat to Egyptian civil …
In the new issue of Rowaq Arabi: What future for the Muslim Brotherhood?
What is the future of the Muslim Brotherhood after the ouster of Mohammed Morsi? This is the question raised by the challenges which have followed the swift downfall of the …
CIHRS issues new edition of “Independence of the University”
This morning, March 27, 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a new edition of “Independence of the University,” a booklet first released by CIHRS in 2007. …
Four years after Egypt’s first UPR:
The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs Submits Its Report on Human Rights in Egypt to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review
The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs, which is made up of 19 rights organizations, presented to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights its report on …
CIHRS publishes new book: Deliverance or Destruction? Syria at a Crossroads
The countries of the “Arab Spring” have experienced political and social upheavals that vary in scope, in terms of their impact on the democratic transitions in these countries, and in …
To counter the misinformation of the public:
CIHRS reissues the book Humanism in Arab Thought
Contemporary consciousness is shaped by our intellectual history. That history is teeming with diverse trends and schools of thought, some positive and some negative, many of which have now been …