As the trial of award-winning journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi is set to begin in Morocco on April 6, 2021, the undersigned organizations call on Moroccan authorities to …
CIHRS Tenth Annual Report: New aspects of human rights crises during the Covid-19 pandemic
“The human rights situation in the Arab region, which has already been deteriorating for years, is deteriorating even more rapidly with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially afflicting economic …
Morocco: Human rights letter calling on the European Union to urge the Moroccan government to guarantee justice and respect for human rights as prerequisites for enhanced EU-Morocco cooperation
On 19 March, CIHRS joined a group of 15 organisations in an open letter addressed to Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy …
Morocco: Joint Letter Calling on Moroccan Authorities to Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defender Maati Monjib
The undersigned civil society organizations call on the Moroccan authorities to immediately end their intimidation and harassment campaign against academic and human rights defender Maati Monjib and drop all baseless …
Civil Society Organizations Raise COVID-19 Human Rights Priorities with OHCHR
On 9 April 2020, the Human Rights Council held its first online informal briefing to address the challenges to human rights resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting, the …
Morocco: Release historian and activist Maâti Monjib
Once again, injustice strikes in Morocco. Historian and activist Maâti MONJIB was arrested through unjustifiable means on 29 December 2020 as he was about to have lunch with his friend …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …
15 Youth leaders from 7 countries complete CIHRS’ third annual Young Leaders of Civil Society Program in Tunisia
In November 2019, the Human Rights Education Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies held its third annual Young Leaders of Civil Society Program (YLCSP), a training symposium …
CIHRS 21st Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab World
Issues for the human rights movement in volatile political and social contexts In armed conflict, should human rights groups prioritize accountability or peace? How should the rights movement address critical …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
“استمرار تدهور الأوضاع الإنسانية وحالة حقوق الإنسان في معظم بلدان المنطقة العربية هو نتيجة طبيعية لتوسع عسكرة السياسة، والفشل في إيجاد حلول سلمية وجذرية لنزاعات المنطقة الداخلية والدولية، وتجدد مشروعات …