Throughout the course of over a month, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) took part in the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), …
101 Organisations Working in and on Yemen Urge Immediate Action
Joint Open Letter to the UN Security Council Representatives The conflict in Yemen will enter into its eighth year tomorrow, and civilians continue to bear the brunt of the fighting. …
49th UN Human Rights Council: CIHRS and partners prepare advocacy on MENA region
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The undersigned Yemeni, international and regional human rights organizations condemn the arbitrary arrest of journalist Hala Fouad Badawi by the security authorities of Hadhramaut Governate in Yemen. The governorate is …
Yemen: Civil Society Groups Demand Urgent UN Action Against Impunity for Crimes
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View PostJoint Letter: Congress Must Block Biden Administration’s Wrongful $650 Million Arm sale to Saudi Arabia or Risk Fueling Further U.S. Complicity in Rights Violations and Yemini Civilian Suffering
Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, write in opposition to the Biden Administration’s plans to sell $650 million in air-to-air munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. …
Yemen: 40 CSOs call on German government and party representatives to enact a comprehensive ban on arms exports to Saudi-led coalition
40 civil society organizations- including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies- have called for the extension and reinforcement of Germany’s ban on arms export and licensing to Saudi Arabia, …