So far 18 Palestinians have been reported killed and 1,416 injured by Israel’s use of excessive lethal force to suppress a peaceful demonstration i the Gaza Strip on March 30th. …
Rights groups: Egypt’s illegitimate presidential election must not be recognized
The undersigned independent rights organizations condemn the National Elections Commission (NEC) statement issued this evening, April 2, 2018 on Egypt’s 2018 presidential election, declaring an “overwhelming” victory for Abdel Fattah …
Egypt: Suspend death sentences issued after unjust trials in military courts
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ruling on Monday March 26th, 2018 upholding the death penalty for two students, Ahmed Amin al-Ghazali and Abd al-Basir, despite grave violations of due …
Independent Egyptian Rights NGOs: Eliminating Prospects of Peaceful Transfer of Power Risks Pushing Egypt to the Verge of a Precarious Transformation
Re: Memorandum from Independent Egyptian Rights Organizations to the UN Secretary-General Concerning the Egyptian Presidential Elections
Libya|Open letter to the Libyan state: support a mechanism to determine individual accountability for violations in Libya
We urge Libya to accept through the HRC an international investigative mechanism for Libya, to deter further horrific human rights violations of hundreds of thousands of Libyans as well as migrants and refugees and stop ongoing human rights abuses by armed groups and militias. Such mechanism would need the sufficient resources to be able to determine the facts and circumstances of violations and abuses across Libya and identify individual perpetrators and chain of command.
The high-level intrigue that’s overshadowing Egypt’s election
Egypt is approaching a critical moment. Since last fall, the popularity of President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi has steadily diminished not only among the public and many of Egypt’s secular and Islamist intellectuals but also among key supporters of his regime. He’s still going to win the sham presidential election scheduled for March 26 to 28. But there are many signs that his second term might not last for as long as he hopes.
Egypt: Freedom for human rights lawyer Ezzat Ghoneim, detained for “rights terrorism”
“المحور الحقوقي للإرهاب” احدث إدعاءات الداخلية المصرية لملاحقة المنظمات الحقوقية المصريةلمدة ثلاث أيام، اختفى المحامي الحقوقي عزت غنيم مدير التنسيقية المصرية للحقوق الحريات في أول مارس الجاري، قبل أن يظهر …
7 years without justice in Syria: World turns away as civilian slaughter continues unabated
Over half a million Syrians have perished since the beginning of the conflict in 2011. By March 2018, 217764 civilians were killed
Oral intervention on Syria at the UN Human Rights Council 37th Session
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivered an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council 37th session held in Geneva in March, deteriorating situation in Eastern Ghouta. CIHRS …