Two years after President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi took his oath of office, the country has and continues to witness a clear deterioration in the status of civil rights and liberties. …
Re: Open letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967
Regarding the urgent need to seriously address the lack of access of HRC mechanisms to the OPT
Dear Professor Michael Lynk, We, the undersigned human rights organizations would like to congratulate you for being selected as Special Rapporteur on the situation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), …
Resolution on Syria at the 32nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Excellences, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, write to urge your government to support a resolution on Syria at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council (hereafter, “the Council”) focused …
Libya: A Solution Is Still Possible
The House of Representatives and the Government of National Accord must take serious steps to enable Libyan civil society to contribute to sustainable peace and to fight terrorism
For five years, Libya has been plagued with chaos and the inability of state institutions to have effective control on the ground. Marked by a political gridlock since the signing …
Syria: Air drops call is welcome, sieges must end now
As humanitarian and human rights organisations working to alleviate the plight of civilians affected by the crisis in Syria, we welcome efforts by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) to …
230 NGOs call for defence of freedom of association at the UN
Joint letter highlights global civil society restrictions and concerns
A new summons for an ANHRI staff member, asset freeze order against founders of human rights groups moves ahead
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the escalating measures taken against independent human rights organizations. In a new development, the investigating judge in case 173/2011, known as the foreign funding case, …
UN Committee against Torture Condemns Israel’s Torture and Inhumane Treatment of Palestinians, and Calls for Accountability
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights studies (CIHRS) welcomes the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee Against Torture’s (CAT) review of Israel released on 13 May. On 3 and 4 …
Malek Adly’s life in danger
Rights organization urge the president to end retaliatory measures against victims’ lawyer and release him, and call on OHCHR to intervene to save Adly’s life
The undersigned organizations appeal to Zeid Raad, the UN high commissioner for human rights, to swiftly intervene to save the life of lawyer Malek Adly, one of the most prominent …
Rights groups demand immediate release of participants in island demonstrations and condemn arrest of human rights defenders
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the violent security crackdown on dozens of peaceful youth following calls to demonstrate against the Saudi-Egyptian maritime border agreement. Youth were arrested in an arbitrary, …