Conclusions of the 27th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement The future of human rights in the Arab region faces a compounded crisis. On the one hand, the ability …
Egypt: 2,000 days of arbitrary detention for human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim
The undersigned human rights organizations and the FreeHoda Campaign condemn the prolonged arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim for more than 2,000 days. Following the completion …
27 human rights organizations ask the UNWGAD to take urgent action on Alaa Abdelfattah
Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 27 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the ongoing and arbitrary detention …
55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Between Palestine and Ukraine
Double-standards and silence in the face of atrocities are eroding the UN rights system
On 5 April, the longest session in the history of the United Nations Human Rights Council came to an end. Over a six-week period, UN member states debated and voted …
CIHRS 27th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement
‘Human Rights at a Crossroads’
On 13 and 14 April, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) convened the 27th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement, titled ‘Human Rights at a Crossroads’. The …
Egypt: Sisi’s third presidential term commences with the suppression of citizens’ right to peacefully demonstrate for Palestine
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ arrest of over a dozen Egyptians who peacefully protested in support of Gaza at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate on 3 April. …
Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international …
Egyptian authorities must end arbitrary detentions and forced deportations of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers
The undersigned organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately stop the serious abuses against Sudanese seeking refuge in Egypt. After issuing Decree No. 3326 of 2023, end of August 2023, …
Egypt: EU Support Must Be Tied to Genuine Human Rights Reform
The EU has just signed its latest and biggest-yet deal with an authoritarian regime in the MENA region, pledging €7.4 billion of EU support to the Egyptian government and joining …
Egypt: Recent Decision on Case 173 Does Not Mean that the Human Rights Crisis is Over
On 20 March, the investigative judge in Case no. 173 of 2011 announced the dismissal of charges against five human rights organizations, in the case known as the “NGO Foreign …