The Arab nation represents to a great extent the political manifestation of the astronomical “black hole” phenomenon, where the executive authority forms a black hole that turns the surrounding social …
The Report of the National Council for Human Rights:Will it End Up in the Trash?
The first report on the status of human rights in Egypt, which was recently published by the national council for human rights, does not add any new essential information to …
Darfur and the International Criminal Court
The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized an intellectual meeting at Ibn Roshd salon titled “The International Criminal Court in Sudan, a step towards human rights or impairment …
In a Memorandum to the President and the Speaker of the PA, CIHRS calls for investigation of the crimes enumerated in the NCHR Report The report is a test for the credibility of the call to reform from inside
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent a memorandum to the Egyptian President as head of the executive power, calling upon him to conduct a prompt investigation of …
The Government’s insinuation to reform: response to internal demands or avoiding foreign interference?
Lately, the Arab world began to see accelerated developments. One side; Lebanon witnessed agitated vital popular movements which forced the government to resign in a unique unprecedented manner in the …
The Government’s insinuation to reform: response to internal demands or avoiding foreign interference?
Lately, the Arab world began to see accelerated developments. One side; Lebanon witnessed agitated vital popular movements which forced the government to resign in a unique unprecedented manner in the …
In Ibn Roshd Salon: Lawmen and politicians warn about the return of referendum system under the mask of elections
The experience of dealing with the Egyptian political system and the successive governments during the past years, lead many politicians, intellectuals, and lawyers to receive every decision issued by the …
The intellectual against the authority
Dialogues of the civil society in Syria As much as the Syrian intellectuals in Syria had seen themselves as the makers of politics and the initiators of its fields as …
In Ibn Roshd Salon: Experts and politicians express fears about amending the Egyptian Constitution
Activists and representatives of various Egyptian political movements warned against any attempts targeting the discharge of President Mubarak’s decree to amend article 76 of the Constitution purporting the election of …
WHY AREN’T ARABS DEMONSTRATING?
Some Egyptian intellectuals and academics agree that the reasons behind the weakness of demonstrations in the Arab World protesting the American war on Iraq are not only due to government …