The Egyptian government should immediately release and drop politically motivated charges against a television journalist and prominent blogger arrested on Saturday night, Human Rights Watch said today. Around midnight on …
Political Group or Political Party? Can a political Party Assimilate a Religious Frame of Reference?
This was the title of a symposium organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) within the framework of the Ibn Rushd Salon on March 12th 2007. Participants …
Progressive National Unionist Party (Tagamu’) and Wafd Party Reject Constitutional Reforms and Request the Amendment of Article 2 of the Constitution
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a roundtable discussion on “The position of the Wafd and the Tagamu’ parties vis-à-vis the Constitutional Amendments”. Several academics, writers, jurists …
Appeal for Amending Article 2 of the Constitution that states that Islamic Sharia law is the main source of legislation
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has sent to the President and both houses of the Parliament an appeal signed by more than 100 Egyptian public figures calling …
A new episode in the regime’s restriction of Freedom of Expression: The two Al-Dostour journalists fined
Judge Ismail Abu Kerisha of the Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Al-Warak sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly Al-Dostour Newspaper and Sahar Zaki Journalist in the same paper to …
The Future of the Media in North Africa: Between totalitarian barriers and the desire for freedom
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in collaboration with the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the International Media Support Forum, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the African Media …
Egyptian Civil Society and the Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Bahey Eldin Hassan On December 26, 2006 President Hosni Mubarak formally requested that the People’s Assembly amend some 34 articles of the constitution, a move heralded by the government-controlled press …
Our society needs to expand and not to shrink the space available for the civil society: The formation of a solidarity committee with the center for trade union and workers services
The Civil Society Organizations Signatories of this statement announce their solidarity with and support to the Center for Trade Union and Workers Services “CTUWS” which is subject, since the last …
CIHRS Inaugurates the First Training Course for Youth of Egyptian Political Parties Jointly with NDP, Wafd and Tagamu’ Leaders
On February 13th 2007, the First Course for Youth of Egyptian Political Parties was opened with the participation of Dr. Ali El Din Hilal, NDP Media Officer, Essam Shiha, member …