Legal Commentary on Regulations of NGO Law N. 149 for 2019 on Civic Associations This paper addresses nine of the most problematic points in regards to the implementing regulations …
Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society
The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as demonstrated once again by the recent issuance, in …
Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families
End Hostage-Like Arrests (Beirut, February 19, 2021) – The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a clear …
Egypt: Government weaponizes acts of reprisal to silence human rights defenders, academics, and their families
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations are appalled by the raids on the family homes of academic and researcher Taqadum Al-Khatib and human rights defender Mohamed Soltan; clear acts of reprisal …
Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the …
CIHRS Issues Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration on Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …
Egypt | In conjunction with the Ramy Shaath and Zyad el-Elaimy appeal hearing: Letter to ambassadors concerning Egypt’s use of terror lists to suppress human rights defenders
Ten civil society organizations including CIHRS, a European Lawyers’ association and three prominent lawyers are publishing a letter today February 10 addressed to a group of European Union Ambassadors denouncing …
Egypt | Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action
Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue (Geneva – February 9, 2021) — Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, more than …
Egypt: State authorities must be held to account for violence perpetrated against detained journalist Solafa Magdy
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to urgently open credible investigations into the physical assaults, acts of harassment, and abuse against journalist Solafa Magdy by …
Egypt: Open letter to the EU and its member states
Dear High Representative, Dear Foreign Ministers, We are writing ahead of the January 25th Foreign Affairs Council discussion on Egypt to raise our serious concerns, once again, about the human …
Egypt: After one-year anniversary of unwarranted arrest and solitary confinement, Ramy Kamel must be freed
As November 23, 2020 marked one year of solitary confinement for Ramy Kamel, a Coptic Egyptian Human rights defender, 15 organizations urge American and European leaders to pressure Egyptian authorities …
Egypt: European Parliament demands accountability for officials involved in rights violations and calls for leadership on UN mechanism to examine rights abuses
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcomes the European Parliament’s newest resolution on Egypt, adopted in the plenary session of Friday, 18 December 2020 by a majority of 434 …
France: Macron to Receive Al-Sisi on Heels of Repression
End Unconditional Support (Paris, December 2, 2020) – French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming visit to …
Egypt: NGOs call on authorities to release leaders of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
As authorities escalate their crackdown on human rights defenders and civil society organisations, rights groups call for the immediate release of detained members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights …
Egypt: Open letter to President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Harris
The undersigned Egyptian civil society organizations extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on your victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. We also extend …