The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a new book today February 17th, Libya 2011: A Democratic Transition Derailed, marking the ninth anniversary of Libya’s 2011 revolution. …
Palestine: CIHRS and Al-Haq welcome publication of UN Database on businesses involved in unlawful Israeli settlements
Yesterday’s publication of the UN database of businesses engaged in activities related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is welcomed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
Egypt: Government retaliates against rights researcher with electric shock torture and false charges
The undersigned organizations demand the immediate and unconditional release of Patrick George Zaki, a researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and graduate student at the University of Bologna, …
Palestinian, Regional, and International Civil Society Organizations Submit Written Statements to the UN Human Rights Council
On 3 February 2020, a group of 14 Palestinian, regional, and international civil society organizations sent five joint written submissions on the human rights of the Palestinian People to the …
LETTER FROM 17 NGOS TO THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER CONCERNING THE SAUDI CARGO SHIP “BAHRI YANBU”
Mr. Edouard Philippe Prime Ministre Hôtel de Matignon 57 rue de Varenne 75007 Paris Copy to: Mrs Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for …
Palestine: United States Plan to Entrench Israel’s Apartheid Regime Must be Rejected
Over the last three years, the Trump administration has increasingly implemented one-sided policies favoring the Government of Israel that contravene international law and reward Israel’s illegal actions. These policies reinforce …
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 …
Egypt: Close Case 488 and immediately release all defendants
100 days since the imprisonment of Esraa Abdel-Fattah Detention renewed for journalists Hossam al-Sayyad, Sulafa Majdi, Khaled Dawoud We, the undersigned organizations, renew our demand for Case no. 488 of …
Egypt: Campaign against state’s unlawful use of colonial-era Assembly Law continues despite courtroom defeat
An ongoing challenge against the Egyptian government’s unlawful use of the repealed British occupation-era Assembly Law ended in defeat on January 18th in the Administrative Court’s first circuit. The court’s …