Human Rights Groups Persevere in Their Advocacy Despite Escalating Repression The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the security forces’ raid Yesterday, February 9th 2017, on the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation …
Egypt | letter to the Speaker of the House requesting public hearing to discuss the Assembly Law and submits a Q&A on the findings of its report
In a letter to the Speaker of the House: CIHRS requests open public hearing with the Egyptian Parliament to discuss the Assembly Law and submits a Q&A on the findings of its …
Egypt | CIHRS, 21 lawyers and prominent public figures file suit to annul the Assembly Law
89 years after its repeal: CIHRS, 21 lawyers and prominent public figures file suit to annul the Assembly Law Press Release The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) filed …
Egypt | ‘Toward the Emancipation of Egypt’ CIHRS Report Egypt’s Assembly Law illegally imprisons thousands
Toward the Emancipation of Egypt: A study by CIHRS on the Assembly Law Egypt’s Assembly Law illegally imprisons thousands of Egyptians, 89 years after its official repeal CIHRS Human …
Urgent Appeal: Arrest of Prominent Human Rights Defender and Feminist Activist Azza Soliman
Cairo – In an unprecedented act from the Egyptian government against NGOs and human rights defenders, Egyptian police arrested human rights defender and lawyer Ms. Azza Soliman from her home …
Egypt: A Letter and legal memorandum to the President; Demanding the Repeal of the NGO Law
A Letter and legal memorandum to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Repeal this NGO Law, the Most Repressive in Egypt’s History. The law eradicates civil society, adversely …
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society
60 organisations call on the Egyptian government to cease silencing civil society, and to allow NGOs to conduct their mandates within Egypt’s constitutional framework and in full respect of its …
A Joint Report by (CIHRS) and (AFTE) – No Exit: Intimidation and Extortion Prevail with Increasingly Arbitrary Use of Travel Bans against Human Rights Defenders.
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) issued a joint report today on the increasing use of travel bans …