A Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations from Eight Arab Countries The undersigned Arab human rights organizations call on permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council and …
Libya: 3,500 displaced people from Tawergha remain homeless, without solutions guaranteeing humane housing
Civilians from the city Tawergha, mostly women and children, have been forcibly displaced to Benghazi camps, beginning in 2011. Armed groups affiliated with general command in eastern Libya have forced …
Massacre of Palestinian civilians outcome of unconditional international support for Israeli war on Gaza
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is appalled by the bombing of Al Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, which has resulted in over 500 fatalities and …
Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives
We have witnessed unfathomable death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Thousands of people have been killed, injured, displaced, and nearly two hundred remain held hostage, including children …
Israel/Palestine: For urgent international and Arab action to stop the bloodshed
As the civilian death toll continues to rise following the latest round of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is …
Immediate Action Needed from International Community to Protect Civilians in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights(CIHRS) is gravely alarmed by the continuing indiscriminate use of military force against civilians in Gaza, Israel and the occupied West Bank, now principally being …
Leaked letter on intended Cyprus-Lebanon joint border controls: increased deaths and human rights violations
In an increasingly worrying context for migrants and refugees in Cyprus, with the recent escalation of violent racist attacks and discrimination against refugees on the island and the continued pushback …
Civil society statement delivered at the informal consultation on the draft resolution on Sudan
We, the undersigned Sudanese and international organisations, call on the members of the Human Rights Council to adopt the (proposed) resolution on Sudan, establishing an independent and international fact finding …
Democracy and Human Rights Groups Applaud Congressional Decision to Hold Egypt Military Aid
We applaud the decision made by Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Chairman Ben Cardin, House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, and the other members of Congress who …
Yemen: Houthis ban Mwatana for Human Rights Staff from Travel
Five staff members of a prominent Yemeni organization, Mwatana for Human Rights including its president, Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Mwatana’s Chairperson and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Board Member, were arbitrarily …