On 2-3 September 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) convened its 26th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement in Brussels, Belgium. Fifty human rights defenders and …
COP27 and the Human Rights Crisis in Egypt
View PostAhead of COP27, Open Civic Space and Release Everyone Arbitrarily Detained in Egypt
In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El Sheikh from 7 to18 November 2022, the undersigned organizations, …
Egypt: Mohamed ‘Oxygen’ must be immediately and unconditionally released after being detained 3 years in retaliation for journalistic work
The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to promptly intervene to end the detention of blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, known as Mohamed Oxygen, cease all …
Organizations and Individuals Condemn the Re-Arrest of Sherif Al Rouby
September 22, 2022: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, condemn with greatest concern the recent detention of activist Sherif Al Rouby by Egyptian authorities and call for his immediate and …
Egypt: The fourth arrest of Sherif Al-Roubi, 3 months after his release, dispels claims of a national dialogue on human rights and renews concerns about all those released
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of political activist and leading member of the 6th April youth movement, Sherif Al-Roubi, just three months after his release, after a …
Egypt: Public Prosecutor urged to close investigation of Mada Masr journalists
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to close Case No. 19 of 2022 (Cairo Appeal Investigations) involving four women journalists from Mada Masr, Lina Atallah, …
Egypt: One Year After the Launch of the National Human Rights Strategy, the Human Rights Crisis Persists
Sunday 11 September 2022 marks the one year since the launch of Egypt’s National Human Rights Strategy. Yet over this time, the Egyptian state’s systematically authoritarian practices have not subsided. …
Egypt: Human rights demands requisite to a credible national dialogue accountable to the public
View PostEgypt: Immediately release ten Nubians arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for over two years and suspend their trial
In the days before the slated 31 August sentencing of ten Egyptian Nubians detained in Saudi Arabia now for over two years, the undersigned rights organizations call for their immediate …