One year after the repeal of the state of emergency in Algeria, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint …
Joint letter to King of Bahrain Regarding Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
(Photo: Frontline Defenders) His Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Issa Al Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King Your Majesty, We, the undersigned 45 human rights organisations which are …
CIHRS addresses the crackdown on NGOs at the UN Rights Council
Yesterday, on March 5, 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention addressing the ongoing attack on civil society in Egypt before the 19th session …
Egyptian NGOs slam infamous relations between multinational communication companies and Interior Ministry at a UN Panel on Internet Freedom
In a Panel on Freedom of Expression on the Internet, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) delivered an …
Oral intervention – urgent debate on Syria
The oral intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies during an urgent debate on the situation in Syria at 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council …
A year of hope and despair The International community must let go of its double standards in dealing with human rights in the Arab region
The oral intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by: Ms. Maryam Al-Khawaja Thank you Madam President, …
A year of Arab struggle for democracy: The 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council: will the international community respond to Palestinian and Bahraini cries?
On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) was inaugurated at the council’s headquarters in Geneva; the session is slated to close on …
Appeal to the “Friends of Syria” conference
We the undersigned, representing 144 international and Arab NGOs from over 20 countries, call on the “Friends of Syria” conference, to be held on February 24th in Tunis, to seek …
Syrian Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish and other detained activists
The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and …