The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and one of the pioneers of the human rights …
Egypt: The Public Prosecutor must immediately release EIPR’s administrative manager
There must be accountability for the systematic abduction of human rights defenders by Egypt’s state security services, the latest of whom is Mohamed Basheer, the Administrative Manager of the Egyptian …
CIHRS at the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
يتخذ مجلس حقوق الإنسان للأمم المتحدة خطوات مهمة لضمان المساءلة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا على مدى ثلاثة أسابيع، باشر مجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة أعمال جلسته الـ 45 …
Egypt: Government called on to end internet censorship and website blocking
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 including media, political and human rights platforms. Blocking websites is a violation …
Egypt: Days before a verdict in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, government’s vindictive use of terrorism charges against peaceful critics denounced by human rights organizations
The undersigned human rights organizations call for charges to be dismissed in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, whose verdict is scheduled for October 26th. Guilty only of exercising his …
Egypt: Hundreds of EU & US lawmakers urge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to release prisoners of conscience in Egypt
Earlier this week, more than 278 lawmakers from across Europe and the United States sent public letters to Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a strong message denouncing the situation …
I escaped Sisi’s jails, but thousands of others haven’t been as lucky
“I consider myself lucky” I told the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2016, when an Egyptian court ordered the freezing of my assets. Two years earlier I …
Egypt: ill-treatment and arbitrary measures trigger new hunger strike at Istiqbal Tora prison
The undersigned human rights organizations categorically reject the continued policy of humiliation practiced by Egyptian authorities against detainees, especially political prisoners. Such policy will only lead to more negative consequences …
Conclusions of CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum: Prospects of Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies convened the 23rd Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab region between August 31- September 7, bringing together over 50 human …