The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) denounces the continuance of death threats and incitement to violence against its director Bahey eldin Hassan, which compelled him to leave his …
Egypt | Detention of Amal Fathy is state retribution for exercising the right to free speech
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn arrest of Amal Fathy on May 11th and call for her immediate release. Egyptian state security forces arrested Fathy and raided her home after …
Egypt | Medical neglect of Aboul-Fotouh a prolonged death sentence as political retaliation
The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the practice of intentional medical neglect in Egyptian prisons and detention facilities. The medical neglect of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul –Fotouh, the head of …
On World Press Freedom Day, the Egyptian government should allow journalists to work
May 3rd marks the 28th anniversary of the annual World Press Freedom Day while also marking the first anniversary of the Egyptian state’s latest wide-scale campaign against press freedom. 98 …
Egypt | Retrial in Case 173/2011 welcomed by rights groups
The undersigned organizations welcome the Cassation Court’s decision today April 5th to order a retrial in Case no. 173/2011, known as the Foreign Funding Case, as a positive step in …
Rights groups: Egypt’s illegitimate presidential election must not be recognized
The undersigned independent rights organizations condemn the National Elections Commission (NEC) statement issued this evening, April 2, 2018 on Egypt’s 2018 presidential election, declaring an “overwhelming” victory for Abdel Fattah …
Egypt: Suspend death sentences issued after unjust trials in military courts
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ruling on Monday March 26th, 2018 upholding the death penalty for two students, Ahmed Amin al-Ghazali and Abd al-Basir, despite grave violations of due …
Independent Egyptian Rights NGOs: Eliminating Prospects of Peaceful Transfer of Power Risks Pushing Egypt to the Verge of a Precarious Transformation
Re: Memorandum from Independent Egyptian Rights Organizations to the UN Secretary-General Concerning the Egyptian Presidential Elections
Egypt: Freedom for human rights lawyer Ezzat Ghoneim, detained for “rights terrorism”
The undersigned rights organizations call for the freedom of human rights lawyer Ezzat Ghoneim, the director of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms. Despite state representatives’ claim that there …
Oral intervention on Egypt at the UN Human Rights Council 37th Session
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivered an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council 37th session held in Geneva in March, highlighting the unprecedented deterioration of …