Human Rights Under Siege. The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity “Violent, extremist groups …
Opinion Article: Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society
Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society* By BAHEY eldin HASSAN Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and …
Efforts to Ensure Accountability for Crimes in Yemen and Syria Take Center Stage at the United Nations Human Rights Council
The 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which ended on September 30th, saw the passage of a resolution to establish a group of UN experts to monitor …
Resilient Democracy: An Egyptian Perspective on the Tunisian Democratic Transition
Tunisia gave the Arab world its first revolution in the 21st century. A revolution that demanded freedom, social justice, democracy, human and national dignity. After bringing down its dictator, the …
CIHRS director at the UN in Geneva: I’m lucky. While I have only received death threats, tens of thousands of other peaceful Egyptians have been killed, tortured, imprisoned, or disappeared’
Yesterday Monday September 19, Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) delivered a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), 33rd session in Geneva. …
Egypt: Imminent Risk of Prosecution of HRDs accused of committing human rights work- Joint background info on Case No. 173 – the case against human rights NGOs
Seven Egyptian Human Rights Groups issue a Q&A on the case Number 173 for 2011 The prosecution of Egyptian NGO leaders on criminal charges related to their legitimate human rights work …
The Egyptian Judiciary’s Relentless Assault on CIHRS & Civil Society: Independent Human Rights Organizations Pay the Price under a President that Considers Egyptians Unworthy of Dignity, Freedom, and Equality
On September 17, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), as well as a number of other human rights organizations and their managing directors, will be subjected to a …
After 22 Years CIHRS for the First Time Cancels Annual Summer School on Human Rights
For the last 22 years, amid varying political circumstances in Egypt, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has always held its annual human rights summer school for youth, …
Egypt: CIHRS urges Sheikh of al-Azhar to retract statements condoning violent extremism
CIHRS urges Sheikh of al-Azhar to retract statements condoning violent extremism The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is appalled by recent incendiary statements by the Sheikh of al-Azhar …
Important Victories Marred by Increasing Threats to Global Rights Standards
The last days of the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (the Council), which concluded on July 1, witnessed the adoption of several important resolutions despite sustained attempts …