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 …
Egypt: Alarming Reports of Kidnapping, Death Threats, and Assault of Activists and Protesters
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in particular within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and …
Joint call by Civil Society to the United Nations Security Council: Urgent action needed to provide protection to civilians in Syria and to ensure accountability
While the undersigned organizations recognize the draft resolution condemningSyriacurrently being discussed by the Security Council, the current text does not adequately address the severity of the situation on the ground …
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Sweeps Arab Region: Seeds of Repression Planted in Year of Revolution
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courageous work of the many human rights defenders in the Arab region who were – and still are – one …
JOINT LETTER OF LITIGANTS TO THE WORKING GROUP ON COMMUNICATIONS OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
December 2 2011. To: Commissioner Kayitesi Zainabo Sylvie, Chairperson, WGC; Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou, Member, WGC; Commissioner Pacifique Manirakiza, Member, WGC; Dr Mary Maboreke, Secretary to the African Commission, Member, WGC; …