Your Excellencies, As the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) prepares to convene its 60th session, we, Yemeni and international civil society organizations, write to urge you and your government …
Yemen: Civilians Suffer Amid Houthi Raids on UN Agencies and Israeli Airstrikes
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the raids conducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) on the offices of United Nations agencies in Sana’a and Hudaydah on 31 August …
Egypt: On his 25th birthday, rights organizations renew demand for disclosure of fate of Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, forcibly disappeared for over six years
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned by the prolonged enforced disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, who turns 25 on 1 September 2025. Ahmed Hassan Mustafa has been …
Yemen: Enforced Disappearance: A Crime Awaiting Justice
Justice for Victims Begins with Truth, Ends with Peace
Enforced disappearance in Yemen is a worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis. It has become a deliberate tool to intimidate opponents, silence critical voices, and spread fear within society, operating …
Egyptian Authorities Should Stop Targeting Minors Over Online Gaming Activity
We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Egyptian security services’ targeting of minors for their digital activity through online gaming platforms. This alarming practice has resulted in children being arbitrarily …
Libya: Current Crackdown Indicates Broader Entrenchment of Institutional Repression under Religious and National Security Pretexts
Download the report as a PDF fileThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has exposed the deleterious closure of pace for independent civil society in Libya since the country’s …
Libya: Further Deterioration Imminent in Absence of Urgent Reforms
Download the report as a PDF fileWorsening human rights violations and widening restrictions on public freedoms were underscored in a joint report for Libya’s Universal Period Review, submitted to the …
Israel’s New Gaza Campaign: Escalating Genocide and Illegal Occupation Amid Humanitarian Catastrophe
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is deeply alarmed by Israel’s new plan to expand its already overwhelming military occupation of the Gaza Strip by taking full control …
Sudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 14 August 2025 Your Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s …