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 …
Arab governments and the Arab League must absolve themselves of OIC efforts to shield Syria from accountability
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies, the Committees for the Defense of Democracy Freedom and Human Rights in Syria, and the Egyptian …
35 members and partners of IFEX and the Arab Working Group call for support for journalists and activists facing harassment and detention prior to trial of human rights activist Mazen Darwish
(EOHR/IFEX) – The following is a joint letter by 35 members and partners of IFEX and the Arab Working Group to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: We, the undersigned organisations dedicated …
Letter to the Arab League on the Situation in Darfur
Your Excellency, We are writing to you in advance of your attendance at the meeting of the League of Arab States due to take place in Khartoum on 30-31 October …
Press Conference: The findings of the mission to the refugee camps in eastern Chad
The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is honored to invite you to the press conference on the findings of the FIDH, and partners, mission to the Darfur refugee …
Commemoration of international day of Darfur: Time is running out… let’s protect Darfur
For the third time, a special day is dedicated to commemorate the crisis of Darfur, this ill-fated province in Western Sudan, where civilians (men, women, children and elderly) are enduring …