Interior Minister Gen. Mansour al-Eissawi met with Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in the minister’s office yesterday afternoon. Deputy Minister …
Disappointing constitutional amendments – CIHRS urges the Supreme Military Council to reconsider the proposed amendments prior to referendum
Press Release The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies regrets to announce that the proposed constitutional amendments, slated to be put before a popular referendum on March 19, …
Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Trial of Civilians before Military Courts
Press Release – 2 March 2011 The undersigned organizations today condemned a military tribunal’s conviction of Amr Abdallah Abd el-Rasoul el-Beheiry (32 years) on March 1st on charges …
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime
Press release From Civil Society Organizations The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime The …
The Egyptian government must positively respond to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights request for a facts finding mission
Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs February 21, 2011 Press release Member organizations of the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations (the Forum) welcome the request filed …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations: Long live the Egyptian popular revolution
Roadmap for a nation of rights and the rule of law Statement by the Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations • Civilian body to oversee the country’s affairs for a one-year …
Urgent Appeal from International Civil Society: International Community Must Ensure Rights of Egyptians are Upheld
31 January, 2011 We, civil society organizations from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing …
Far-reaching political reforms, not repression: the only reasonable approach to the Egyptian ‘Day of Rage’
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) wishes to express its deep esteem for the Egyptian people who rose up in governorates around the country to loudly proclaim …
CIHRS Meets a Delegation from the U.S. Council of Foreign Relations
Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), met today with a Delegation from the US Council of Foreign Relations, at the CIHRS Cairo …
Press Release: Memo to the Prime Minister
Strengthening the pillars of the civil state and achieving equality requires the formation of a commission to include representatives from social sectors denied equality Press Release Yesterday …