Excellency, The undersigned South Sudanese, African and international non-governmental organizations are writing to appeal to your Government to urgently support the convening of a Special Session of the Human Rights …
Call for the immediate release of disappeared human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
Over one and a half years after the disappearance of renowned Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on the Syrian authorities to release him …
Al-Minya Mass Death Penalty: Wasted Justice and Mockery of Defendants Rights
The undersigned civil society organizations are deeply concerned about the death sentences against 37 people and life imprisonment for 492 others by Al-Minya Criminal Court, on 28 April for their alleged involvement in Matay’s …
Vacancy : Egypt program Associate
Organization: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Location: Cairo, Egypt Position: Egypt program Associate Starting Date: immediately Contract Duration: 1 year, with possibility of extension Salary: The remuneration will …
Two counterterrorism support laws and a suspension of the demonstration law: a new upending of the constitution
CIHRS sends a legal memo to the president and the prime minister on two bills supporting terrorism and the police state Memo: Draft laws constitute largest threat to Egyptian civil …
Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
30 International and Local Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the Third Anniversary of His Arrest The undersigned civil …
In the new issue of Rowaq Arabi: What future for the Muslim Brotherhood?
What is the future of the Muslim Brotherhood after the ouster of Mohammed Morsi? This is the question raised by the challenges which have followed the swift downfall of the …
Two counterterrorism bills will intensify terrorist crimes and entrench an undeclared permanent state of emergency
The undersigned rights organizations categorically reject the two counterterrorism bills[1] approved by the Cabinet and referred to the president’s office to be issued after the Department of Legislation of the …
In the midst of Cairo university bombings and security violence against students: lives of thousands are threatened
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the criminal bombings that took place yesterday, Wednesday the 2nd of April 2014, outside the Cairo university campus in front of the Faculty of Engineering, which witnessed three explosions, resulting in the death …