“Abu Halawa” is an Egyptian citizen. He is 26 years old. He graduated from college and did not find work in his village: El Horeyah. And so he devoted himself …
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Wins the French Republic Human Rights Award
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has been awarded the French Republic Human Rights Award for the year 2007. CIHRS was awarded the prize in recognition of its …
CIHRS Participates in Two International Strategic Meetings on the United Nations Human Rights Council; and a Cross-regional Network of NGOs is Announced
On 29-30th October, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in an “Expert Talk” on Perspectives of the UN Human Rights Council held in Berlin, Germany. The “talk” …
Letter to the Arab League on the Situation in Darfur
Your Excellency, We are writing to you in advance of your attendance at the meeting of the League of Arab States due to take place in Khartoum on 30-31 October …
EMHRN’s Working Group on Migration and Asylum Public Meeting in Cairo
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) in cooperation with its member organisation in Egypt ,The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), held a public meeting for EMHRN’s Working Group …
The Crisis of the Autonomy of Universities in Egypt: The New Students’ Charter Strengthens the Nationalization of the Students’ Unions(A position paper)
The statements of the executive authority representatives regarding the new Students’ Charter, which ought to be issued during the current academic year, renewed fears that the framers of the new …
A “Political” Civil War in Egypt! ( A Position Paper)
“In its latest statement to the public opinion, the Syndicate of Journalists considered the sentences of imprisonment passed collectively against four editors in chief as a “declaration of war against …
A disturbing deterioration on all fronts
The Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is concerned at the noticeable deterioration of the human rights situation in the whole Euromed region. It denounces in particular the …
The Fourteenth Annual Human Rights Summer School (14th August- 3rd September 2007)
The fourteenth Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies annual summer school brought together 42 participants eager to learn about and understand the current Human Rights issues as they stand internationally, …