“Abu Halawa” is an Egyptian citizen. He is 26 years old. He graduated from college and did not find work in his village: El Horeyah. And so he devoted himself …
EMHRN’s Working Group on Migration and Asylum Public Meeting in Cairo
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) in cooperation with its member organisation in Egypt ,The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), held a public meeting for EMHRN’s Working Group …
The Crisis of the Autonomy of Universities in Egypt: The New Students’ Charter Strengthens the Nationalization of the Students’ Unions(A position paper)
The statements of the executive authority representatives regarding the new Students’ Charter, which ought to be issued during the current academic year, renewed fears that the framers of the new …
A “Political” Civil War in Egypt! ( A Position Paper)
“In its latest statement to the public opinion, the Syndicate of Journalists considered the sentences of imprisonment passed collectively against four editors in chief as a “declaration of war against …
A disturbing deterioration on all fronts
The Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is concerned at the noticeable deterioration of the human rights situation in the whole Euromed region. It denounces in particular the …
The Fourteenth Annual Human Rights Summer School (14th August- 3rd September 2007)
The fourteenth Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies annual summer school brought together 42 participants eager to learn about and understand the current Human Rights issues as they stand internationally, …
Government drags opposition journalists through the courts
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the hounding of opposition journalists by the Egyptian courts, in collusion with members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). Three journalists on the daily …
An Invitation to Participate at a Training on “Civil Society Organizations Promoting Non-Discrimination and Equality”
A TRAINING COURSE ORGANIZED BY DANISH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES Cairo 4-8 November 2007 Issues related to diversity and tolerances are becoming increasingly …
Shameful attempt to silence Human Rights Defenders
The decision to close down the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) seems to be a retaliation for its significant role in exposing the wave of institutionalized torture …
Four newspaper editors sentenced to a year’s labour for libelling president and ruling party
A Cairo criminal court yesterday sentenced four newspaper editors to a year’s forced labour and the maximum possible fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (2,600 euros) for libel and “false information …