News Item A new study by the Cairo Institute for human Rights Studies has been published in Arabic under the title “Battle of Reform in Syria”, concurrently with the arrest …
The European Parliament Discusses Human Rights and the Escalation of Security Attacks against Pro-Reform Activists in Egypt
The European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee held a hearing session on human rights and European Neighborhood Policy with Egypt and Israel on Monday, 19 June 2006 in Brussels. Moataz El …
Arab and African Human Rights Organizations Study Issues of Peace and Justice in Darfur
In cooperation with the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights, the Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies in Morocco and the Darfur Consortium, CIHRS holds a workshop under the title: …
CIHRS Demands International Investigation on the Crimes against Humanity in Palestine and Iraq
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) embraces wholeheartedly the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Anan, call for an international investigation on the Beach massacre in Gaza Strip, and equally stresses the …
Political opposition and Democratization in Egypt
What choices available to the party and non-party, legitimate and illegitimate, opposition forces as the political regime’s intentions to restore the pre-winter 2004 situations by an iron fist are stating …
State of Emergency Extended: Between Combating Terrorism and Suppressing the Pro-Reform Movement
Under the title “State of Emergency Extended: Between Combating Terrorism and Suppressing the Pro-Reform Movement”, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a seminar within the framework of Ibn …
Sadistic police men in the streets of Cairo: Minster of Interior is to submit torturers list or his own resignation
Cairo, 27 May 2006 – The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) urge the Egyptian Minister of Interior to announce the names of the sadistic police officers who brutally …
NGOs Statement during the 39 Ordinary session of the African Commission : Human Rights Situation in Sudan
We have urgent concerns regarding the human rights situation in Sudan that we would like to bring to the Commission’s attention. Firstly, we are deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian …
On the anniversary of Black Wednesday: The African Union decides to investigate the crimes of referendum day &The Egyptian government faces nine charges
Today, on the first anniversary of the attacks made on referendum day, 24 Egyptian NGOs announced that the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights, of the African Union, has …
Is the Egyptian Government Worthy of the United Nations Human Rights Council Membership?
On May 8th 2006, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies –CIHRS- held a seminar on “Is Egypt worthy of the United Nations International Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s Membership?” The UNHRC …