On 31 May 2015, El-Raml Appeal Misdemeanor Court issued a verdict to imprison the woman human rights defender (WHRD) and lawyer Mahienour El-Masry as well as two other activists, Youssef …
Rights Groups: Questioning Negad El-Borai demonstrates that freedom of work is granted only to legal professionals and judges who turn a blind eye to torture
The strange charges against judges Assem Abd al-Gabbar and Hisham Raouf conceal an attempt to silence independent voices in the judiciary. The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned by the investigation of …
Arrest of Hassan Mubarak for charges of membership of an illegal group
Within the ongoing security campaign of security forces led by the ministry of Interior with the aim of restricting activities of youth groups and persecuting them to force them to …
Bahey eldin Hassan: Egypt is becoming a republic of fear and is sliding toward extremism, violence, and chaos
Hassan has met with the Tunisian Prime Minister and EU Human Rights and Counterterrorism Officials Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, gave a …
Bahey Eldin Hassan Discusses Human Rights Issues with Senior Officials in Brazil
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, held several meetings with senior officials in Brazil to discuss the crisis of human rights in nations …
The Palestinian Nakba persists amid total Israeli impunity and double standards by the international community
CIHRS is deeply concerned that the 67th anniversary of al-Nakba (the Palestinian Catastrophe) has passed with very little done on the ground to ensure justice and peace in the Occupied …
Civil society organisations welcome Libya’s UN human rights review and call on the State of Libya to accept and implement recommendations
On Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the report of the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the human rights situation in Libya. The UPR comes at …
Injustice Kindled Mideast Chaos
By BAHEY ELDIN HASSAN The Middle East, as we have known it for more than a century, is about to disappear and a new model is in the making. The …
CIHRS is Hiring
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is looking for a media officer in its Tunisian office
Organization Name: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Location: Tunis – Tunis City Hiring Immediately Salary: will be decided upon experience and the applicant’s skills as well as the average …