In the framework of the Human Rights Coalition action, composed of the undersigned organizations, which has been formed to monitor the prosecution of state security officer, Captain Ashraf Moustafa Hussein …
Civil Legal Action Brought Against the President of The Republic in the Case of the State Security Officer Accused of Torture
In the framework of the Human Rights Coalition action, composed of the undersigned organizations, which has been formed to monitor the prosecution of state security officer, Captain Ashraf Moustafa Hussein …
A group of Danish students receive a lecture on human rights situation in Egypt in Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a delegation of Danish students specialized in political sciences on April 18th, 2007. The students met with Mr. Essam El Din Hassan, …
Egypt: Release Journalist Who Criticized Torture
The Egyptian government should immediately release and drop politically motivated charges against a television journalist and prominent blogger arrested on Saturday night, Human Rights Watch said today. Around midnight on …
Political Group or Political Party? Can a political Party Assimilate a Religious Frame of Reference?
This was the title of a symposium organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) within the framework of the Ibn Rushd Salon on March 12th 2007. Participants …
Progressive National Unionist Party (Tagamu’) and Wafd Party Reject Constitutional Reforms and Request the Amendment of Article 2 of the Constitution
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a roundtable discussion on “The position of the Wafd and the Tagamu’ parties vis-à-vis the Constitutional Amendments”. Several academics, writers, jurists …
Appeal for Amending Article 2 of the Constitution that states that Islamic Sharia law is the main source of legislation
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has sent to the President and both houses of the Parliament an appeal signed by more than 100 Egyptian public figures calling …
A new episode in the regime’s restriction of Freedom of Expression: The two Al-Dostour journalists fined
Judge Ismail Abu Kerisha of the Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Al-Warak sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly Al-Dostour Newspaper and Sahar Zaki Journalist in the same paper to …
The Future of the Media in North Africa: Between totalitarian barriers and the desire for freedom
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in collaboration with the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the International Media Support Forum, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the African Media …
Egyptian Civil Society and the Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Bahey Eldin Hassan On December 26, 2006 President Hosni Mubarak formally requested that the People’s Assembly amend some 34 articles of the constitution, a move heralded by the government-controlled press …