In conjunction with the trial session of Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand her immediate release, and for investigations to be held into all the …
States break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body
(Geneva, March 12, 2021) – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning the human rights situation …
Egypt: Archaic Amendments to Personal Status Law Undermine Women’s Rights
The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of Representatives pending approval, joining over 300 …
Egypt: Release Manar el-Naga from pretrial detention to be with her young child
An Egyptian family was abducted from their home in Alexandria by state security forces nearly two years ago, on the 9 March 2019. For twenty-three months, nothing was heard or …
Egypt: Legal Commentary on Regulations of NGO Law n. 149 for 2019 on Civic Associations
Legal Commentary on Regulations of NGO Law N. 149 for 2019 on Civic Associations This paper addresses nine of the most problematic points in regards to the implementing regulations …
Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society
The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as demonstrated once again by the recent issuance, in …
Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families
End Hostage-Like Arrests (Beirut, February 19, 2021) – The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a clear …
Egypt: Government weaponizes acts of reprisal to silence human rights defenders, academics, and their families
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations are appalled by the raids on the family homes of academic and researcher Taqadum Al-Khatib and human rights defender Mohamed Soltan; clear acts of reprisal …
Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the …
CIHRS Issues Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration on Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …