This morning, army and police troops in Bahrain, supported by the Saudi and Emirati forces, began a brutal, wide-scale crackdown on the legitimate aspirations of the Bahraini people for far-reaching …
Continuing its Campaign to Raise Awareness of Grave Violations in Bahrain: CIHRS Denounces HRDs’ Prevention from Attending UN Meeting
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 5 General Debate Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 21 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. President, The …
Happening Now: CIHRS Condemns Rising Human Rights Violations in Syria and Bahrain before the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: 15th Session Item 4: GD, Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 20 September, 2010 Delivered by: Ziad Abdel Tawab Thank you Mr. …
Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Bahrain Denounced at the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 13 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you …
In two interventions before HRC| The Deteriorating Situation of Marginalized Minorities and Repressed Religious Freedoms in the Arab Region
In two interventions before the United Nations Human Rights Council:The Deteriorating Situation of Marginalized Minorities and Repressed Religious Freedoms in the Arab Region Press Release During the tenth session of …
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies’ (CIHRS) Report On the Consultative Meeting on Methods of Activating the Arab Charter of Human Rights (ACHR)
Upon entering into force, is there a chance for the Arab Charter of Human Rights (ACHR) to be activated? The deliberations in the consultative meeting held in Cairo on December …
80 Students from 7 Arab Countries In the Thirtieth Human Rights Annual Internship for Arab and Egyptian University Students
On Monday, 10 July, the Thirtieth Annual Human Rights Internship, organized by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) for Arab and Egyptian university Students, will take place in the …
The Final Statement of CIHRS 11th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement (the Second Civil Forum Parallel to the Arab Summit)
Parallel to the Arab Summit, CIHRS held its 11th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement in Rabat, Morocco, 17 to 19 February 2006. The Forum is organized by the …
Will the Arab World Escape the “Black Hole” and the Dangers of Devastation?
The Arab nation represents to a great extent the political manifestation of the astronomical “black hole” phenomenon, where the executive authority forms a black hole that turns the surrounding social …
The outside is rejected Could change come from the inside?
Some legal and political activists warned that delay in effecting democratic changes in the Arab countries, primarily Egypt, will lead to force these changes to come from outside in various …