The de facto Houthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release the dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who have been arbitrarily detained over the last two years, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International said today. The Houthis’ arbitrary arrests of humanitarian workers has a direct impact on the delivery of lifesaving assistance to people in critical need of aid.
Libya: ICC Trial Of Libyan Suspect Khaled El Hishri Important Step Towards Justice
In an important step toward accountability for serious international crimes committed in Libya, former Mitiga Prison security official Khaled Mohamed Ali El-Hishri appears today before the International Criminal Court, facing …
Bahrain: As the government remains determined to violate human rights, the international community must act to bring an end to the policy of citizenship revocation
Thirteen human rights organizations expressed grave concern over the Bahraini government’s continued disregard for its international human rights obligations, calling on world leaders to urge Bahrain to reverse its decision …
CIHRS Report: Armed groups terrorising judiciary and undermining rule of law in Libya
In Libya, judicial personnel are regularly targeted by assassination, kidnapping, arbitrary detainment, and armed attacks; this alarming phenomenon has been the backdrop against which Libya’s judiciary has operated since 2012 until now. Investigations into these violations are often stalled or never initiated, entrenching impunity and sowing instability under a critically undermined and fragmented legal landscape.
Another Devastating War in Lebanon as Israel Evades Accountability
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is alarmed by the escalating regional war and Israel’s military operation in Lebanon in blatant violation of international humanitarian law. Since 2 …
Algeria: Without Safeguards, Tebboune’s Invitation to the Diaspora Rings Hollow
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s recent remarks inviting Algerians living abroad to return project an image of openness and reconciliation. Yet in the absence of clear and binding guarantees against arbitrary detention, …
YEMEN: NEW REPORT UNCOVERS HORRIFIC CONDITIONS IN SECRET DETENTION CENTER
A damning new report by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Abductees Mothers Association (AMA) exposes a secret detention center in Aden operated by the Southern authorities in Yemen. Known as the Waddah Hall and once a civic center, the facility is part of a wider network of clandestine prisons that has proliferated across Yemen
Libya: Extrajudicial Killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Exacerbates Libya’s Impunity Crisis
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned by the latest manifestation of political violence in Libya following the assassination of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi. The extrajudicial killing …
Over a Thousand Days of War in Sudan
State disintegrates amid failed domestic leadership and weak international response
We, the undersigned Sudanese, African, and Arab organizations, stand united in our commitment to the people of Sudan after more than one thousand days of war. The conflict has accelerated …