The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and …
CIHRS Condemns the Arrest of Human Rights Defenders in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned about the continued illegal arrest and detention of at least 8 human rights defenders from the Syrian Center for …
Withdraw the mission, call for UN action!
145 representatives of Arab civil society organisations working in the Arab world demand LAS action on Syria A coalition of 145 Arab organisations working in nineteen countries across the Arab world has …
IFEX-TMG calls for recent public media appointments to be revoked and for journalists’ protection
Joint statement : On the anniversary of the revolution, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, urges the Tunisian government to revoke …
Bahrain: Vicious Attack on Human Rights defender Nabeel Rajab
06 Jan 2012 The Gulf Centre for Human Rights, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hold the authorities in Bahrain full responsibility for …
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, and public prosecutors have stormed the offices of: Arab …
Joint call by Civil Society to the United Nations Security Council: Urgent action needed to provide protection to civilians in Syria and to ensure accountability
While the undersigned organizations recognize the draft resolution condemningSyriacurrently being discussed by the Security Council, the current text does not adequately address the severity of the situation on the ground …
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Sweeps Arab Region: Seeds of Repression Planted in Year of Revolution
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courageous work of the many human rights defenders in the Arab region who were – and still are – one …
Silence Is Not an Option! Syrians cannot afford to wait!
Civil society organizations from across the Arab region call on the Arab League to suspend Syria’s membership rights as human rights violations continue A coalition of more than 170 local …
Bahrain authorities continue to abuse human rights advocates doctors reformers in absence of int… Accountability
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its deep concern and total condemnation of the severe penalties targeting prominent political and advocacy figures in Bahrain whose only …