The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a press conference today to announce the findings of the first progress report by its Media monitoring team. The report evaluates …
Euro-Egyptian Negotiations Must Be Transparent and Accessible to Civil Society NGOs: Press Release signed by 25 NGOs
Today, Cairo witnesses launching of the Euro-Egyptian Negotiations about the action plan on Egypt within the context of European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), which European Union (EU) issued in May 2004, …
Second Report by the CIHRS Media Monitoring Team at the Conclusion of Electoral Campaigns of Presidential Elections
The CIHRS media monitoring team issued today the second report evaluating and analyzing the performance of audio and visual mass media (6 state-owned TV channels and 17 state-owned and independent …
First Progress Report on monitoring media coverage of Egypt’s Presidential Elections
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a press conference yesterday to present the first progress report evaluating the performance of independent and state-owned mass media during the …
Civil Society Organizations File a Case Against the Chairman of PEC
Three civil society organizations that are already involved in monitoring the upcoming presidential elections have recently decided to bring an immediate suit before the Administrative court against the Chairman of …
Fairness of Mass Media in Egypt’s Presidential Elections
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hereby announces undertaking an initiative to monitor media coverage of electoral campaigns for the presidential elections to be held on the 7th …
Message from Egyptian Magistrates to Public Opinion
In solidarity with the struggle of Egyptian magistrates and their relentless efforts to ensure independence and immunity of the judiciary against interventions of the executive power, CIHRS organized a symposium …
Towards a Democratic law to put an end to the Single Party System
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a symposium on the attitude toward suggestions of the government and the NDP to amend the Political Party Law No 40 …
Day of National Mourning…when will justice be realized? Use of sexual assault to repress internal reform campaigners
The signatory human rights organizations express their solidarity with the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate in its declaration of the 1st June as a day of national mourning. They add their voices …
In a Memorandum to the President and the Speaker of the PA, CIHRS calls for investigation of the crimes enumerated in the NCHR Report The report is a test for the credibility of the call to reform from inside
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent a memorandum to the Egyptian President as head of the executive power, calling upon him to conduct a prompt investigation of …