The 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which ended on September 30th, saw the passage of a resolution to establish a group of UN experts to monitor …
CIHRS director at the UN in Geneva: I’m lucky. While I have only received death threats, tens of thousands of other peaceful Egyptians have been killed, tortured, imprisoned, or disappeared’
Yesterday Monday September 19, Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) delivered a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), 33rd session in Geneva. …
Egypt: Imminent Risk of Prosecution of HRDs accused of committing human rights work- Joint background info on Case No. 173 – the case against human rights NGOs
Seven Egyptian Human Rights Groups issue a Q&A on the case Number 173 for 2011 The prosecution of Egyptian NGO leaders on criminal charges related to their legitimate human rights work …
The Egyptian Judiciary’s Relentless Assault on CIHRS & Civil Society: Independent Human Rights Organizations Pay the Price under a President that Considers Egyptians Unworthy of Dignity, Freedom, and Equality
On September 17, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), as well as a number of other human rights organizations and their managing directors, will be subjected to a …
Palestinian Detainees Prepared to Lose Their Lives to Gain Their Freedom: CIHRS Calls For An End To Israel’s Illegal Administrative Detention Policy
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies expresses its deep concern for the physical safety and integrity of the three Palestinian detainees, Malik Al Qadi (20 years of age) and …
Moment of Truth for UN Rights Council As Death Toll Mounts in Yemen: Saudi Arabia must not be allowed to derail internationals investigations once more
Moment of Truth for UN Rights Council As Death Toll Mounts in Yemen Saudi Arabia must not be allowed to derail internationals investigations once more Press Release Geneva,05 September 2016:UN …
After 22 Years CIHRS for the First Time Cancels Annual Summer School on Human Rights
For the last 22 years, amid varying political circumstances in Egypt, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has always held its annual human rights summer school for youth, …
Egypt: CIHRS urges Sheikh of al-Azhar to retract statements condoning violent extremism
CIHRS urges Sheikh of al-Azhar to retract statements condoning violent extremism The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is appalled by recent incendiary statements by the Sheikh of al-Azhar …
Rights groups respond to order against Andalus Center and its director:
Another unjust ruling increases mistrust in the judicial establishment
The undersigned organizations are outraged by the order issued by the second circuit of the North Cairo Court on June 15 freezing the assets of rights advocate Ahmed Samih, the …
10 Rights groups launch Voices Behind Bars campaign to defend victims imprisoned for exercising freedom of expression
Two years after President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi took his oath of office, the country has and continues to witness a clear deterioration in the status of civil rights and liberties. …