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 …
Rights groups respond to order against Andalus Center and its director:
Another unjust ruling increases mistrust in the judicial establishment
The undersigned organizations are outraged by the order issued by the second circuit of the North Cairo Court on June 15 freezing the assets of rights advocate Ahmed Samih, the …
10 Rights groups launch Voices Behind Bars campaign to defend victims imprisoned for exercising freedom of expression
Two years after President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi took his oath of office, the country has and continues to witness a clear deterioration in the status of civil rights and liberties. …
A new summons for an ANHRI staff member, asset freeze order against founders of human rights groups moves ahead
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the escalating measures taken against independent human rights organizations. In a new development, the investigating judge in case 173/2011, known as the foreign funding case, …
Malek Adly’s life in danger
Rights organization urge the president to end retaliatory measures against victims’ lawyer and release him, and call on OHCHR to intervene to save Adly’s life
The undersigned organizations appeal to Zeid Raad, the UN high commissioner for human rights, to swiftly intervene to save the life of lawyer Malek Adly, one of the most prominent …
Rights groups demand immediate release of participants in island demonstrations and condemn arrest of human rights defenders
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the violent security crackdown on dozens of peaceful youth following calls to demonstrate against the Saudi-Egyptian maritime border agreement. Youth were arrested in an arbitrary, …
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing pretrial detention of Aya Hegazy and her husband Mohammed Hassanein, the founders of the Belady Humanitarian Island Foundation, along with foundation volunteers Sherif …