United Nations Human Rights Council: 25th Session Item 4: ID COI Syria: Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 18 March 2014 Delivered by: Mr. Amir Kazkaz …
Four years after Egypt’s first UPR:
The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs Submits Its Report on Human Rights in Egypt to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review
The Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs, which is made up of 19 rights organizations, presented to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights its report on …
Syria: Free Key Rights Defenders Government Arbitrarily Holds Darwish, Colleagues Despite UN Demands
The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said …
Following June 30, media presents only one narrative, reflects deterioration of respect for diverse views in Egyptian society
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI), in conjunction with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), organized a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, March 12, on media professionalism after June 30. …
Global call to make 3rd anniversary of Syria Crisis the last marked by bloodshed
Thousands of people to attend vigils held in more than 40 countries. Banksy creates a #WithSyria reworking of his iconic “girl with a red balloon” image. Nelson’s Column, the Lincoln …
Asharq Alawsat issues apology to CIHRS
In a response from the international Asharq Alawsat to complaints submitted to it by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the newspaper apologized for the fabricated statements attributed …
A Complaint to Supreme Judicial Council over the Double Standards of Egyptian Public Prosecutor
The undersigned organizations announce their solidarity with the complaint submitted- by the family of human rights defender “Alaa Abdel Fattah”- to the Supreme Judicial Council so as to open a …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Attempts to Eradicate Pro-Democracy Movements in Arab Region Require Urgent Response
(Geneva) As the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) begins, many governments in the Arab region are increasingly criminalizing and violently repressing almost all forms of free expression …
Syrian Human Rights Defenders to the United Nations Human Rights Council: Stop Spiral of Violence against Women in Syria!
As the 25th session of the HRC starts today in Geneva, A coalition of Syrian rights groups supported by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …