Joint NGO Letter to the Member States of the United Nations: Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your government to ensure that the human rights situation in Bahrain …
Egypt: The Freedom and Justice Party Endorses Repressive NGO Law
On February 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a second meeting at the Ministry of Justice to discuss the new NGO law[1]. During the meeting, …
Strangling Civil Society with Repressive Laws: Morsi’s Bill to Nationalize Civic Activity Must be Retracted
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a meeting with the Ministry of Justice to discuss drafting a new NGO law. CIHRS representatives at the meeting …
Open letter to President Obama
To President Barack Obama: Three years ago, I had the honour of meeting you in the White House as part of a delegation of some 50 human rights defenders from …
New Draft Law Aims to Criminalize Peaceful Demonstrations
BY: Ragab Saad On Wednesday, following increased protests throughout Egypt, the Ministry of Justice announced a draft law that seeks to restrict the right to demonstrate in public places. Since …
Serious Rights Violations in the United Arab Emirates Spotlighted at the United Nations
The United Nations working group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) met on the 28th of January to review the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …
UAE: Human rights groups call for an end to the crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists as UPR begins
Today, the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the situation in the country continues to deteriorate. On this …
Civil Society groups urge African Union to act on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile crisis
To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence …
The Supreme Constitutional Court: Defending human rights or the Mubarak regime?
The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is set to resume its work tomorrow, some six weeks after it was forcibly suspended when supporters of the ruling political party besieged the …
CIHRS Concludes the Tenth Training Workshop on Municipalities
On January 14th 2013, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded the tenth training workshop on “Promotion of Municipal Participation in the Defense of Human Rights” which lasted …