Press Release We the undersigned, in our capacity as rights organizations, social movements, and political forces, announce our strong condemnation of the detention of the activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, The …
Guidelines on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Complete’ the African Charter on its 30th anniversary
The 50th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is cause for two major celebrations: the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights …
CIHRS 15th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: Transitional Justice in Egypt and the MENA Region
CAIRO/NEW YORK, October 29, 2011—The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in collaboration with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), is holding a regional Forum titled “Transitional Justice …
Maspero: state incitement of sectarian violence and policy of extrajudicial killings
The undersigned organizations condemn the unprecedented extra-judicial killings and acts of violence committed by military police and central security forces, on the 9th of October in the Maspero area and …
The Mubarak regime persists
The undersigned rights organizations decisively condemn the exploitation of the political crisis between the forces of the revolution and those managing the country’s affairs in the transitional period as an …
Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations
The Middle East Studies CenterandThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Cordially invite you to a one-day conference on Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations Tuesday …
Rights Activists Meet with Egyptian Chief of Intelligence to Discuss the Human Rights Situation in Egypt
On Wednesday 28th of September 2011, human rights activists Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamad, Bahey eldin Hassan, and Khaled Ali Omar met with General Murad Muwaffi, Chief of Egyptian General …
UN Human Rights Council Concludes its 18th Session: Arab Spring turns into “winter of discontent” at the United Nations . UN Rights Council shines spot-light on Middle East, but does not provide protection for democracy activists
In the shadow of brutal crackdowns and severe repressive attacks launched by entrenched autocrats against pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council began its …
In a lecture to National Security officers: Bahey eldin Hassan warns of the dangers of reviving the policies and practices of Mubarak and al-Adli and the application of the emergency law
Press release Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), said that that the “full application” of the emergency law and an …