The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Palestinian Human Rights Organization (PHRO) have been following with great concern and alarm the massive violations of human rights and …
Questions and Answers on Hostilities Between Israel and Hezbollah – Human Rights Watch
(Beirut, July 31, 2006) – Since July 12, when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in consistent and intense hostilities in which civilians in Lebanon and …
Recommendations of Arab, African and international NGOs on the conflict Darfur submitted to the African summit
The Darfur Consortium (An African and International Civil Society Action for Darfur) sent two messages, the first addressed to Mr. Alfa Omer Konare, the Chairman of the African Union Commission, …
Battle of Reform in Syria: A New Study Published by Cairo Institute for Human Right Studies
News Item A new study by the Cairo Institute for human Rights Studies has been published in Arabic under the title “Battle of Reform in Syria”, concurrently with the arrest …
The European Parliament Discusses Human Rights and the Escalation of Security Attacks against Pro-Reform Activists in Egypt
The European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee held a hearing session on human rights and European Neighborhood Policy with Egypt and Israel on Monday, 19 June 2006 in Brussels. Moataz El …
Arab and African Human Rights Organizations Study Issues of Peace and Justice in Darfur
In cooperation with the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights, the Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies in Morocco and the Darfur Consortium, CIHRS holds a workshop under the title: …
CIHRS Demands International Investigation on the Crimes against Humanity in Palestine and Iraq
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) embraces wholeheartedly the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Anan, call for an international investigation on the Beach massacre in Gaza Strip, and equally stresses the …
NGOs Statement during the 39 Ordinary session of the African Commission : Human Rights Situation in Sudan
We have urgent concerns regarding the human rights situation in Sudan that we would like to bring to the Commission’s attention. Firstly, we are deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian …
On the anniversary of Black Wednesday: The African Union decides to investigate the crimes of referendum day &The Egyptian government faces nine charges
Today, on the first anniversary of the attacks made on referendum day, 24 Egyptian NGOs announced that the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights, of the African Union, has …