The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the terrorist acts that shook the French capital city, Paris last week, and which took the lives of 12 people at …
Rights Organizations meets with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs to discuss human rights developments in Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies’ Cairo office hosted a meeting yesterday, December 13, between Jeffery Feltman, United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and 6 Egyptian human rights organizations …
CIHRS organizes visit between Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights and several Arab rights activists
Yesterday, December 13, the Tunisian branch of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and several Arab rights defenders visited the office of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social …
UAE: Fear that Anti-Terrorism Law will be used to curtail human rights and target human rights defenders
A coalition of international NGOs is seriously concerned about the impact of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that was approved by President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed …
UN-CIHRS joint training seminar on international instruments and defense of human rights
On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and the regional bureau of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in Tunis …
Syria: No word on four abducted activists, A year on, no information on Douma Four
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazem Hamadi –the Douma Four— remain missing a year after their abduction,57 organizations said today. The four were abducted in Duma, a city near …
After 20 years: CIHRS moves its regional and international programs outside Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies has decided to move its regional and international programs outside Egypt in light of the ongoing threats to human rights organizations and the …
A tyrant would never be held accountable by the laws he drafted
On Sunday evening, December 7, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies organized a panel discussion, as part of the Ibn Rushd Salon program, titled “Law and Justice: a Reading …
Arrest campaign affirms that regime not serious about dialogue and a peaceful solution to the crisis in Sudan
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the arbitrary arrest of civil society and opposition leaders in Sudan, among them Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, lawyer and prominent rights defender, …
Bahey eldin Hassan: In Egypt Demonstrating is More Serious than Mass Murder
To mark the release of its report on the right of peaceful assembly, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network organized a special seminar on December 8 at the European Parliament in …
CIHRS: the law is a way to evade failure of security apparatus to counter terrorism and constitutes a danger to citizens’ remaining rights and liberties and dignity of constitution
This morning, December 3, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies issued a legal commentary on the proposed law on terrorist entities, approved by the Cabinet, led by Ibrahim Mehleb, …
Law and Justice:
A Reading of the Course and Outcomes of the Mubarak Trial
As part of its Ibn Rushd Salon series, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies invites you to a panel discussion on the details and implications of the Mubarak verdict …
Bahrain elections must not be used to cover up human rights violations
His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa Ambassador of Bahrain to Washington, D.C. Dear Ambassador, I am writing on behalf of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), …
Rights Groups Call for Transparent and Serious Dialogue with the Government
The undersigned organizations call on the Ministry of Social Solidarity to engage in a serious, transparent dialogue on the role of civil society organizations in Egypt and the government’s fears …
CIHRS 18th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: The future of democratization and human rights four years after the “Arab Spring”
On November 8, 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in conjunction with the National Council for Human Rights in Morocco, inaugurates the proceedings of the 18th Regional Forum …