Due to the continuous crackdown on human rights defenders, the undersigning human rights organizations and institutions and individuals express their astonishment and shock about the accusations that were charged by …
Rights organizations express their concern regarding testimonies of torture of prisoners in Abu Zaabal, call for an immediate investigation and repeat their request for permission to visit prisons and meet with prisoners
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the torture and collective punishments taking place in Egyptian prison, foremost the incidents that took place last week in Liman II (ward B) of Abu …
11 Rights Groups: Although Egyptian Government Declares its Acceptance of Most Recommendations, its Practices Prove the Contrary
The undersigned organizations question whether the political will exists to stop the ongoing deterioration of Egypt’s human rights record, although Egypt accepted 224 recommendations and partially accepted 23 additional recommendations. …
Rights Groups Condemn Forced Retirement of 41 Judges for Expressing their Opinions
The undersigned organizations condemn the forced retirement of 41 judges pursuant to the disciplinary board’s decision of Saturday, March 14, due to their release of a statement on July 6, …
Rights Groups Call on Egypt to End Arbitrary Detention of Refugees
Since February 9, 2015 a group of at least 30 Syrian, Palestinian-Syrian and Somali refugees detained at Karmooz police station in Alexandria – Egypt, began an open hunger strike to protest …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations raises concerns over the status of human rights defenders in Egypt: from killing to travel bans
On Friday evening, 13 March 2015, the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations (the Forum) delivered an oral intervention on the status of human rights defenders in Egypt before …
CIHRS supports the nomination of rights advocate Yara Sallam for international prize for human rights defenders
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies wholeheartedly supports Yara Sallam’s nomination for the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for 2015. Sallam has been named …
Law on terrorist entities allows rights groups and political parties to be designated terrorists
The undersigned organizations condemn the passing of Law 8/2015 regulating designated terrorist and terrorism lists, issued by President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in his capacity as head of the executive and …
Rights Groups: Five Years in Prison for Expressing an Opinion
The undersigned organizations are extremely disturbed by the verdict issued on Monday by the South Cairo Felony Court in the Shura Council case. The court sentenced Alaa Abd al-Fattah and …