On Friday evening, 13 March 2015, the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations (the Forum) delivered an oral intervention on the status of human rights defenders in Egypt before …
EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF SYRIA’S LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CRISIS
Eighty-three percent of all the lights in Syria have gone out since the start of the conflict there, a global coalition of humanitarian and human rights organisations has revealed ahead …
Respect for Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Accountability are the Only Way Forward to Combating Terrorism in the MENA Region
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention before the UN Human Rights Council. The intervention came as a response to the annual report of the UN …
CIHRS supports the nomination of rights advocate Yara Sallam for international prize for human rights defenders
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies wholeheartedly supports Yara Sallam’s nomination for the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for 2015. Sallam has been named …
The Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies holds a training on advanced advocacy in Geneva
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), held an advanced training for Libyan human rights defenders in International Advocacy and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the United …
Law on terrorist entities allows rights groups and political parties to be designated terrorists
The undersigned organizations condemn the passing of Law 8/2015 regulating designated terrorist and terrorism lists, issued by President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in his capacity as head of the executive and …
Libya: Urgent Action Needed by the United Nations in the Face of Gross Ongoing Violations
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned with the escalation of violence in Libya, and the continuation of systematic and gross human rights abuses. The violence …
Rights Groups: Five Years in Prison for Expressing an Opinion
The undersigned organizations are extremely disturbed by the verdict issued on Monday by the South Cairo Felony Court in the Shura Council case. The court sentenced Alaa Abd al-Fattah and …
CIHRS Hosts Meeting Between US Congressional Delegation and Rights Organizations
On Tuesday evening, February 17, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies convened an open discussion with a staff delegation from the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the status …