Rape and sexual violence are being used on a daily basis as weapons of war in Darfur, Sudan. The rape of women and girls – including girls as young as …
Does Egypt Need the Muslim Brotherhood to Become a Religious State?
Despite the curtain having been drawn by parliament on the crisis triggered by Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture’s, statement against the veil, the repercussions of the crisis are still casting …
Parallel Entities: A Step Towards Chaos or Democracy?
Intellectuals, activists and politicians have disagreed about the call to create workers’, students’ and political entities parallel to the official bodies and organizations which are already in place, in the …
Parallel Entities: A Step Towards Chaos or Democracy?
Intellectuals, activists and politicians have disagreed about the call to create workers’, students and political entities parallel to the official bodies and organizations which are already in place, in the …
In Ibn Rushd Salon on sexual harassment in down town cairo: The phenomenon has become widespread because the state is more concerned about political security to the detriment of criminal security
On Wednesday November 15th 2006, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized within the bounds of Ibn Rushd Salon a seminar on “Sexual Harassment in Down Town Cairo: A …
Egypt: No for the Parliamentary Courts of Inquisition
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) followed up with deep concern how a big number of Members to the Peoples Assembly from the ruling party, Muslim Brothers and …
Egyptian Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Ongoing Detention of Egyptian Blogger and the Violation of His Right to Freedom of Expression
The Public Prosecutor Office of Alexandria re-detained the Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer for additional 15 days on Wednesday 8 November. This is considered a violation of his right to hold …
Human rights and Religious Discourse,how to take advantage of the expertise of non-Arab Islamic world?
Religious discourse faces three major predicaments in the Arab World, namely, religion versus the state, the relationship with the “Other”, and human rights under globalization. Years and decades have passed …
First of a Kind Human Rights Distant Learning Program Launched
CIHRS hosted four-day preparatory meetings of the newly-initiated distant learning program: “Youth for Human Rights”. The Program provides intensively well organized state of the art training course on human rights …
Egyptian and Danish journalists discuss freedom of expression in different cultural contexts
The activities of the program titled “Freedom of Expression cross cultures” organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the International Media Support (IMS) were concluded yesterday …