Joint NGO Letter to the Member States of the United Nations: Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your government to ensure that the human rights situation in Bahrain …
Bahrain Prosecutes Human Rights Activist for his UN Work
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) strongly denounce the arbitrary arrest, detention, and politically motivated charges brought against human rights …
‘Counter-Revolution’ at the United Nations Human Rights Council? Arab states respond to unprecedented scrutiny with attacks on rights defenders and standards
From 10-28 September, during the 21st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), an unprecedented number of governments from the Arab region came under international scrutiny and …
Bahrain threatens rights defenders in Geneva exposing the insincerity of the will to reform
On Tuesday, 18 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the International Federation for Human Rights, CIVICUS, Human Rights Watch, Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture , …
Bahrain: Reprisals and intimidation against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati must end immediately
Geneva – The government of Bahrain must ensure threats against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati are stopped immediately. After tweeting that he was in Geneva attending the 21st session of …
Bearing Witness: Bahrain and the UPR Process
Yesterday, Tuesday, 18 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the International Federation for Human Rights, CIVICUS, Human Rights Watch, and the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for Victims of …
Waging War on Human Rights: Rights defenders from the Gulf region under attack
Yesterday, Monday 17 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Al …
End persecution of human rights defenders in Bahrain now, says international appeal to UNHRC
As human rights groups lobbying during the 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), we call on UNHRC member states participating in Bahrain’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) …
CIHRS addresses reprisals against activists in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for cooperating with the UN
Yesterday, Thursday September 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral statement before the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva. The intervention was …
Cairo Institute in the UN: Gulf rights defenders under siege while rights situation in Sudan, Morocco, and Bahrain deteriorates
Today, Monday, September 10, marked the beginning of the twenty-first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), taking place at its headquarters in Geneva. The session’s events will continue …