It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the chosen theme is “the fight …
Libya Platform: The situation of human rights in Libya: extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance
The Platform Coalition[1]: An update on the situation of Human Rights in Libya First issue: The prevalence of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Libya as a means of …
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 41st session
CIHRS Activities at the 41st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) engaged in the 41st session of the United Nations …
CSO’s Letter to the African Union Commission about the State of Human Rights in Egypt
by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat We write to you in your capacity as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the secretariat of the continental organisation responsible for driving the …
Letter to US Secretary of State Pompeo: Commission on Unalienable Rights must be immediately disbanded
July 23, 2019 The Honorable Michael Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 Dear Secretary Pompeo: We, the undersigned U.S. foreign policy, human rights, civil liberties, …
EGYPT: New crackdown to terrorise civil society
Paris-Geneva, July 23, 2019 – At least 83 persons, including political opposition activists, journalists and human rights defenders, have been arrested in Egypt over terrorist charges since June 25 for …
Atrocities against migrants in Libya must be probed by African Commission on People’s Rights
A joint request demanding an investigation into the gross human rights violations against refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centers was submitted today to the African Commission on Human and …
Israeli Authorities Attempt to Forcibly Deport Palestinian Photojournalist from Jerusalem to Jordan
During the night of 21-22 July 2019, the Israeli authorities attempted to deport Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa al-Kharouf, from Givon Prison near the city of Ramleh in Israel to Jordan, a …
Egypt: Draft NGO law before parliament is simply rebranded repression, must be rejected
The undersigned organizations reject the draft NGO law currently before the Egyptian parliament. Presented as an alternative to the widely-criticized Law 70 of 2017, the draft NGO is simply a …