The undersigned organizations are concerned about the attacks against lawyers from the Collective for the Defence of Hirak Detainees, as part of the Algerian authorities’ accelerated crackdown on the peaceful …
Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability
View PostEgypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), for …
Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment
View PostEgypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
We the undersigned 64 organizations from around the world call on the Egyptian authorities, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to take immediate action to end the Egyptian authorities’ wholesale crackdown on independent organizations and peaceful dissent.
Joint NGO Letters on the 2021 UN Human Rights Council Elections
25th May 2021 To: Member States of the African Union Re: Africa Group candidates for UN Human Rights Council elections, 2021 Excellencies, We are writing to commend the African Union …
Egypt: Government must end relentless attempt to “eradicate” independent civil society
The Egyptian government will convene an online panel discussion with United Nations member states on the 4th of May to discuss its national legal framework concerning civil society, including , …
The 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
HRC counters human rights violations in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria with resolutions and actions, while cautioning against deteriorating human rights situations in Algeria, Libya, and YemenFrom 22 February to 24 …
Egypt: CIHRS joins call urging the Biden administration not to disregard human rights conditions on U.S military assistance to Egypt
CIHRS, together with thirteen other civil society organizations, sent a public letter to U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, urging the Biden administration not to invoke …