A review of the situation in Egypt over the last eight months raises serious concerns about the extent to which the state of human rights has rapidly deteriorated under the …
FJP and Ministry of Social Affairs: An Identical Vision for Civil Society in Egypt
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood recently proposed a draft civil society law. Submitted by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development, led …
Egypt: The Freedom and Justice Party Endorses Repressive NGO Law
On February 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a second meeting at the Ministry of Justice to discuss the new NGO law[1]. During the meeting, …
Strangling Civil Society with Repressive Laws: Morsi’s Bill to Nationalize Civic Activity Must be Retracted
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a meeting with the Ministry of Justice to discuss drafting a new NGO law. CIHRS representatives at the meeting …
Open letter to President Obama
To President Barack Obama: Three years ago, I had the honour of meeting you in the White House as part of a delegation of some 50 human rights defenders from …
New Draft Law Aims to Criminalize Peaceful Demonstrations
BY: Ragab Saad On Wednesday, following increased protests throughout Egypt, the Ministry of Justice announced a draft law that seeks to restrict the right to demonstrate in public places. Since …
The Supreme Constitutional Court: Defending human rights or the Mubarak regime?
The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is set to resume its work tomorrow, some six weeks after it was forcibly suspended when supporters of the ruling political party besieged the …
CIHRS Concludes the Tenth Training Workshop on Municipalities
On January 14th 2013, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded the tenth training workshop on “Promotion of Municipal Participation in the Defense of Human Rights” which lasted …
In swift application of new Constitution: Reuters photojournalist prosecuted before military tribunal
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizationsstrongly condemn the arrest of photojournalist Mohamed Sabry and his referral to an expedited military trial after he was detained while preparing a story for …