To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Cc: President of ECOSOC, President of the General Assembly, President of the Human Rights Council, UN Secretary General. Excellencies: We are five …
France’s arms exports to Algeria must be reassessed and subject to parliamentary oversight
On 12 July, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and seven other international, French and Algerian organisations sent a joint letter to the French Prime Minister, Minister for …
US Congress and rights defenders hold public briefing on Egypt’s brutal repression and human rights abuses
On the sidelines of President Sisi’s visit to the White House US Congress and rights defenders hold public briefing on Egypt’s brutal repression and human rights abuses Together with eleven …
Mohamed Zaree, facing life imprisonment in Egypt, wins Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) proudly announces that the director of its Egypt office, Mohamed Zaree, is the recipient of the 2017 Martin Ennals Award, a prestigious …
Egypt | Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
The undersigned political parties and NGOs call for the release of Aya Hijazi, her husband Mohammed Hassanein, and their six colleagues ahead of the court’s scheduled verdict on March 23rd. …
A military trial and a harsh Penalty for a writer for his online articles: The Egyptian Human rights organizations call for a fair trail to Habib Saleh
Egyptian human rights organizations condemned today the harsh penalty decided by the military court in Hamas city, Syria against the writer “Habib Saleh”, 59 years old, because some of his …