The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the torture and collective punishments taking place in Egyptian prison, foremost the incidents that took place last week in Liman II (ward B) of Abu …
Rights Groups Condemn Forced Retirement of 41 Judges for Expressing their Opinions
The undersigned organizations condemn the forced retirement of 41 judges pursuant to the disciplinary board’s decision of Saturday, March 14, due to their release of a statement on July 6, …
Rights Groups Call on Egypt to End Arbitrary Detention of Refugees
Since February 9, 2015 a group of at least 30 Syrian, Palestinian-Syrian and Somali refugees detained at Karmooz police station in Alexandria – Egypt, began an open hunger strike to protest …
CIHRS supports the nomination of rights advocate Yara Sallam for international prize for human rights defenders
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies wholeheartedly supports Yara Sallam’s nomination for the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for 2015. Sallam has been named …
Law on terrorist entities allows rights groups and political parties to be designated terrorists
The undersigned organizations condemn the passing of Law 8/2015 regulating designated terrorist and terrorism lists, issued by President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in his capacity as head of the executive and …
Rights Groups: Five Years in Prison for Expressing an Opinion
The undersigned organizations are extremely disturbed by the verdict issued on Monday by the South Cairo Felony Court in the Shura Council case. The court sentenced Alaa Abd al-Fattah and …
CIHRS condemns slaughter of Egyptians in Libya, stresses need for Egypt to comply with international humanitarian law
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies condemns the monstrous crime committed by the Islamic State in Libya and offers its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and …
18 rights groups warn: The Interior Ministry’s crimes are leading to the spread of counter-violence and terrorism in the country
The undersigned organizations hold the Ministry of Interior wholly responsible for the deaths of at least 20 people killed near the Air Defense Stadium the day before yesterday while attempting …
17 Human Rights Organizations Call for the Intervention of the Supreme Judicial Council to Restore Judicial Credibility
The undersigned organizations express their grave concern at the unjust sentence handed down yesterday, February 4, 2015, against 229 defendants, among them the political activist Ahmed Douma and the officer …
Extrajudicial Killing of Demonstrators and Rights Defenders, Witnesses Accused of Disturbing Public Security and Journalists Threatened with Death
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the extrajudicial killings of peaceful demonstrators carried out by Egyptian security forces on January 24 and 25, 2015. On January 24, 2015, human rights defender …