As opposition politician Ahmed al-Tantawi’s detention is set to expire on 27 May, the undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned that the authorities would extend the former presidential candidate’s …
Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, justice and human rights: A Call to Action
With the start of Israeli Knesset’s summer session on May 5, the undersigning organisations observe with grave concern the series of legislative initiatives and policy measures, currently making their way …
Libya: Assassination of SSA Leader “Ghneiwa” Sparks Deadly Clashes, Authorities Must Protect Civilians and End Armed Group Impunity Crisis
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Libyan Platform for Human Rights call on Libyan authorities to immediately protect the civilian population from the fallout of armed clashes …
In parallel with his visit to the Middle East…
President Trump Has a Unique Opportunity to End the War in Sudan
President of the United States: Donald J. Trump U.S. Secretary of State: Marco Rubio We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to take advantage of the critical opportunity presented …
UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW
Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act …
Trump’s Authoritarian World Order: Impacts on the Middle East’s Autocrats
United States President Donald Trump is in the Middle East on his first major planned foreign trip, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In the shadow …
Egypt: Thousands Referred to Terrorism Courts Amid Absence of Fair Trial Safeguards and Deepening Crisis of Judicial Independence
Early May marked the beginning of the trials of defendants referred to the terrorism circuit courts over the past eight months, a development which has thus far underscored the absence …
President Trump’s Middle East Visit Must Include Syria Sanctions Relief
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Trump Administration to use U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the Middle East to take meaningful steps to alleviate the suffering of …
Erasing Gaza: Israel’s Military Takeover, Displacement Strategy, and Weaponization of Aid
With Gaza already devastated by relentless, indiscriminate attacks on civilians and infrastructure, obstruction of life-saving aid, imminent famine and the forced displacement of nearly its entire population, Israel is now …