The undersigned rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ latest spate of executions, with three people executed by hanging on February 13 and another three people hanged less than a week …
Egypt: Proposed amendments threaten stability and sanction lifelong presidency
The undersigned independent rights organizations and institutions unequivocally reject the proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution; supported by the president and put up for parliamentary debate after their approval by a …
Egypt: President Macron meets with Egyptian rights defenders
Mohamed Zaree: International community must not sanction disregard for constitutional presidential term limits Mohamed Zaree, the director of the Egypt office of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met …
Egypt: President must uphold, not manipulate the Constitution
The undersigned independent human rights organizations call on all independent voices able to speak up freely to pressure President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his commitment to complying with Egypt’s …
Egypt: European Parliament denounces Egypt’s rampant human rights abuses, calls on other institutions and Member States to act
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) commends the European Parliament’s adoption of an urgency resolution on Egypt during its Thursday December 13 plenary session. “The resolution constitutes the …
UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt
(Geneva, December 12, 2018) – The United Nations should ensure an urgent and robust system-wide response to credible reports that the Egyptian authorities have attacked people who engaged with the …
Free Amal Fathy! End the crackdown of human rights organisations and defenders in Egypt
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KISA and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcome and support the Women’s Film Days, …
Egypt: 43 days after former MP’s disappearance, state denies knowledge of his fate while emphasizing his fugitive status
Find Mustafa Al Naggar The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the location and fate of Dr. Mustafa Al Naggar, a former member of Parliament …
Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations
With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise …
Egypt: President grants immunity for military commanders in exchange for lifelong hold on power
On November 1st, marking 100 days since the Egyptian Parliament’s adoption of Law 161 of 2018 on the treatment of senior military commanders, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …