The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) today, 7 June 2013, in which it discussed the state …
20 Egyptian organizations in solidarity with the NGO workers sentenced to prison:
Politically motivated case a fatal blow to freedom of expression and association
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations condemn in the strongest terms the verdict issued on June 4 by the Cairo Criminal Court which convicted 43 staff members of international NGOs in …
In a side event at the United Nations:
President’s draft law violates Egyptian Constitution and international standards
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a side event on freedom of association in Egypt this afternoon, 3 June 2013, as part of its activities at the …
The Cairo Institute in an oral intervention to the Human Rights Council:
The president’s proposed associations law newest episode of aggression against Egyptian civil society
Today, 31 May 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention about the freedom of association in Egypt to the United Nations Human Rights Council …
The Muslim Brotherhood lays the foundations for a new police state by exceeding the Mubarak regime’s mechanisms to suppress civil society
The undersigned associations and organizations are deeply concerned by attempts to suppress civil society institutions, especially human rights organizations. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and …
Freedom of Expression, Association, and Assembly Confiscated by the “Arab Spring” Governments
Today, Monday, 27 May 2013, marks the beginning of the twenty-third session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) in Geneva. The session is scheduled to continue until …
“Delivering Democracy” The Future of Human Rights between the “Arab Spring” and Political Islam?
Press release on the launch of CIHRS’ annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab region Two years after the “Arab Spring” swept the Arab region and …
“Delivering Democracy” 5th CIHRS’ annual report on the human rights situation in the Arab world
This report evaluates the situation of human rights in Egypt and 12 other Arab countries, describing the battle for the “Arab Spring” that continues to be waged on three fronts: …
In a statement this morning: The UN High Commissioner expresses concern regarding state of human rights in Egypt; asserts that new draft law on associations endangers Egyptian civil society, violates Egypt’s international commitments
Today, 8 May 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, issued a statement in which she expressed her deep concern regarding the critical state of human …