The alarming provisions in the proposed “Bill related to Operation, Use and Regulation of Social Media Nepal” (Social Media Bill) and the recently passed Media Council Bill in Nepal threaten …
Algeria: joint open letter to member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council
Joint Open Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Calling On Them to Address Ongoing Repression of Civic Space in Algeria During The 58th Session …
Syria’s National Dialogue: A First Step, But Uncertainty Clouds the Way Forward
Steps indispensable to ensuring an effective, transparent, and inclusive democratic transition in Syria must be immediately undertaken, underscored the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) today, following the conclusion …
Urgent Demand to Stop Executions and Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia
We, the undersigned organizations, are gravely concerned about the imminent execution of dozens of prisoners in Saudi Arabia on non-lethal drug-related charges, including numerous Egyptian nationals held in Tabuk Prison. …
Urgent Call for UK to Lead on a Joint Statement on Human Rights in Egypt at the Forthcoming HRC Session
Dear Foreign Secretary, Ahead of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, we are writing as a coalition of 24 organisations to request that the UK government take …
Joint Call to Countries Part of the Global F-35 Jet Programme to Halt the Production and Transfer of Arms to Israel
We write to you as a group of organisations from partner countries to the global F-35 jet programme, and supportive organisations, calling on our Governments to immediately halt all arms …
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and …
Fourteen Years After Libya’s Revolution: Lawlessness, religious rhetoric and entrenched repression
As Libya marks the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, the country faces an escalating human rights crisis. Initial aspirations for democracy and justice have been eclipsed …
Release EU nationals Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad
Dear Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, We, the undersigned human rights groups, are writing to request your urgent and robust intervention with the Bahraini authorities to …
Joint civil society letter ahead of the European Union-Israel Association Council
Dear Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, express our deep concern over the planned EU-Israel Association Council meeting …