United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 13 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you …
Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Bahrain Denounced at the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral InterventionCairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)13 September, 2010Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. President, …
Life of Egyptian Rights Defender in Danger after Abduction by Security Forces: Researcher of (CIHRS) victim of Forced Disappearance
Human Rights Defender and researcher, Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues …
Update on the Situation of CIHRS’ Researcher and Activist, Amr Salah
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) would like to announce that it had received information that researcher and human rights defender, Amr Salah had contacted his family …
The Forum Requests Investigation To Be Run At The Prosecutor General’s Office
The Independent Human Rights Organizations Forum Demands The Prosecutor General To Inquire Into The Complaint Of A Judge Violation Of The Intellectual Property Of The Arabic Network For Human …
Thirty-five IFEX members and other organisations appeal for charges to be dropped against prominent human rights activists and blogger
Joint action (EOHR/IFEX) – We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern about the possibility of prison sentences being handed down on 4 September 2010 to prominent Egyptian …
CIHRS welcomes Irish ambassador and Saudi Shura Council member
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met with Isolde Moylan, the Irish ambassador in Cairo, at the offices of the CIHRS. The …
Eleven rights organizations: free parliamentary and presidential elections are impossible when state institutions are not impartial
The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations strongly condemns the repression, harassment, and intimidation of political activists who have demanded guarantees of transparency and integrity in the coming parliamentary …
Conclusion of 17th training seminar for university students with the participation of Judge Ashraf al-Baroudi, Sinai activist Musaad Abu Fagr, writer Khaled al-Khemeisi, and art critic Tareq al-Shennawi
Yesterday, August 4, the 17th student seminar on human rights concluded with an open debate on democracy and human rights in Egypt, featuring Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of …