Introduction The third phase of the elections is distinguished by the fact that it seems superfluous for the majority while offering the final chance for other parties to compete for …
Bahrain: Vicious Attack on Human Rights defender Nabeel Rajab
06 Jan 2012 The Gulf Centre for Human Rights, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hold the authorities in Bahrain full responsibility for …
Raiding NGOs: The new way forward
Egyptians bid farewell to 2011 with news of raids and closure of human rights organizations last week. Although the news is nothing short of shocking, “shocking” has been the characteristic …
The Arab Spring at the Human Rights Council: Success and selectivity
Laila Matar 2011 was the year of unexpected and unprecedented change for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Events in the MENA region also tested the relevance and efficiency …
Conclusions of the civil society press conference
The undersigned organizations condemn the broad, ongoing attack on human rights organizations and civil society, which today included raids on several rights organizations that actively work to promote democracy. …
International joint Urgent Appeal: Egypt National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack
The undersigned organizations are deeply concerned about reports of attacks against NGOs in Egypt. Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, as well as public prosecutors, are reported …
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack
Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, and public prosecutors have stormed the offices of: Arab …
Continued Militarization: Increased Violence Against Women Human Rights Defenders During Dispersal of Cabinet Sit-in
The targeting of Women human rights defenders[1] seen over the course of an entire day, when the sit-in at the cabinet building was dispersed at dawn on December 16, is …