Your Excellency, We, the under-signed non-governmental organizations, write to reiterate the calls made by a group of civil society organizations[1] prior to the 30th session of the Human Rights Council. …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with Ban Ki-moon, Norwegian deputy foreign minister, and US assistant secretary of state for human rights
On the sidelines of the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convened in the HRC headquarters in Geneva, Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute …
Human Rights Council: Create an international investigating mechanism for Yemen
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, We, the under-signed non-governmental organizations, write to reiterate the calls made by a group of …
Attempted Shutdown of the Nadeem Center Exposes the War on Independent Rights Organizations
Rights groups: we are operating in a repressive climate with the state harassing us at every juncture
The undersigned organizations condemn the egregious assault on the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture that is intended to obstruct its operation, based on a …
90 days of abuses threaten life of Dr. Ahmed Said in Aqrab Prison; rights groups say Said’s case exemplifies torture and ill treatment in prisons
The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned for the health and physical safety of Dr. Ahmed Said, who is currently detained in the Tora maximum security facility, known as the Aqrab …
Priorities for the Government of National Accord and the international community to implement the peace agreement and combat violent extremism
Next week, the Libyan House of Representatives (HOR) is scheduled to vote on a proposition for the formation of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is expected to lead …
Rights organizations stand in solidarity with the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate and condemn smear campaign against them; Matariya policemen must be prosecuted
The undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate, which in a few short hours will convene an emergency meeting of the general assembly. We appreciate the …
Cairo University’s termination of academic Kholoud Saber’s scholarship in Belgium and ordering her to return is a flagrant violation of academic freedom
Cairo University’s decision demonstrates the erosion of university independence and its reliance on dictates of Ministry of Higher Education, which acts as a cover for security intervention in universities The …
14 rights organizations: more than two years in pretrial detention is a flagrant violation of the law
AFTE files complaint with High Judiciary Council protesting renewed detention of Mahmoud Mohammed The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the decision of the 24th circuit of the Giza Felony Court to …