The undersigned rights organizations condemn Amal Fathy’s referral to trial in case no. 7991/2018. Fathy is the wife of human rights defender Mohamed Lotfy, the director of the Egyptian Commission …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
“استمرار تدهور الأوضاع الإنسانية وحالة حقوق الإنسان في معظم بلدان المنطقة العربية هو نتيجة طبيعية لتوسع عسكرة السياسة، والفشل في إيجاد حلول سلمية وجذرية لنزاعات المنطقة الداخلية والدولية، وتجدد مشروعات …
8 Years for a Facebook Video: Egypt Must Immediately Release Mona el-Mazbouh
Sentenced to 8 years in prison for a Facebook video: over 25 NGOs call for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Lebanese tourist Mona el-Mazbouh.Take ActionThe below signatories express …
President must not ratify laws destroying last bastions of free speech in Egypt
Share this PostThe undersigned organizations denounce the three laws regulating media passed by the Egyptian Parliament on July 16th. We declare our full solidarity with all journalists and media professionals …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations | 38th Session of the Human Rights Council
بين 18 يونيه و6 يوليو 2018، انعقدت الدورة الـ38 لمجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة في جنيف بسويسرا. ركزت الجلسة على القرارات المواضيعية، بما في ذلك تلك المتعلقة بحماية المجتمع المدني …
French Ambassador for Human Rights meets with CIHRS Director Bahey Eldin Hassan and Honorary President of EuroMed Rights Michel Tubiana
Today, the French Human Rights Ambassador, François Croquette, met with Bahey Eldin Hassan, Egyptian human rights defender and director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) as well …
Egypt: Allow celebration of World Nubian Day and immediately end discrimination against Nubians
The undersigned organizations condemn the continuation of discriminatory policies against Egypt’s indigenous Nubian community, exemplified by the Egyptian security authorities’ prohibition on the celebration of World Nubian Day, observed annually …
International Community Must Act to Save Former President Morsi’s Life and Thousands of other Egyptian Prisoners
سجون مصر لا يجب أن تكون مكانا لقتل الخصوم السياسييننداء إلى المجتمع الدولي لإنقاذ حياة الرئيس الأسبق محمد مرسي وألوفًا آخرينتعرب المنظمات الحقوقية الموقعة عن بالغ استنكارها وقلقها إزاء التنكيل …
EGYPT: LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON WAEL ABBAS
Dear Members of the European Parliament, EuroMed Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Front Line Defenders and Reporters Without Borders urge you to raise publicly the case of internationally …
Egypt: Repression made in France
Egypt: Repression made in France A new report published on July 2nd by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights League …