The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) would like to announce that it had received information that researcher and human rights defender, Amr Salah had contacted his family …
Life of Egyptian Rights Defender in Danger after Abduction by Security Forces: Researcher of (CIHRS) victim of Forced Disappearance
Human Rights Defender and researcher, Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues …
Thirty-five IFEX members and other organisations appeal for charges to be dropped against prominent human rights activists and blogger
Joint action (EOHR/IFEX) – We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern about the possibility of prison sentences being handed down on 4 September 2010 to prominent Egyptian …
The Forum Requests Investigation To Be Run At The Prosecutor General’s Office
The Independent Human Rights Organizations Forum Demands The Prosecutor General To Inquire Into The Complaint Of A Judge Violation Of The Intellectual Property Of The Arabic Network For Human …
CIHRS welcomes Irish ambassador and Saudi Shura Council member
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met with Isolde Moylan, the Irish ambassador in Cairo, at the offices of the CIHRS. The …
One Hundred Days on Reviewing Egypt’s File before The United Nations Human Rights Council
Press Conference of The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations “Human Rights in Egypt In 100 Days” The forum of independent human rights organizations in Egypt held a …
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
BY SHADI HAMID Egyptian voters cast their ballots Tuesday for the Shura council, the country’s upper house of Parliament, amidst widespread allegations of vote-rigging and outright government violence and …
Twenty-Nine Years of Lies…And Now Two More Years
Joint statement : The Egyptian government is often forced to recognize past abuses in the course of putting a pretty face on future ones, as aptly illustrated by a presidential decree …
Invitation: The American Foreign Policy… Human Rights and Democracy Issues
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and Heinrich Boll Stiftung – North America, would like to invite …
Human rights organizations discuss NGO law and proposed amendments with representatives from 19 states Meeting with Moufeed Shehab scheduled for April 15
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting this morning between the Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations, an umbrella group of 16 Egyptian organizations, and representatives …