In light of the sectarian violence that erupted in Imbaba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent a memo signed by 14 member groups of the Forum of Independent …
Sectarian crimes in Imbaba threaten a civil war and a return to organized terrorism. Yes to the rule of law and the natural judge, no to military trials
The undersigned human rights organizations express their profound unease at the rising wave of sectarian violence, which threatens to drag Egypt into Muslim-Christian civil strife, after it has become clear …
Interior Minister meets with director of CIHRS
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 …
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 …
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 …
POMED – CIHRS conference: Call for Applications
The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) in cooperation with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy and Civil Society, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund …
Religion and Freedom of Expression: Freedom-Related Problems in Different Societies (A New Book)
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) published a new book entitled ’Religion and Freedom of Expression: Freedom-Related Problems in Different Societies.” The book covers various studies including the …
Egyptian Security Forces committed Atrocities against Sudanese Refugees CIHRS calls upon the Egyptian Authorities to declare what be came of around 3000 Sudanese refugees
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its grief and denouncement of the criminal atrocities committed by the Egyptian security forces against the striking Sudanese refugees yesterday morning. Approximately …