On 30 July 2023, the National Security headquarters in Arish, Sinai witnessed armed clashes that resulted in the death of at least four security personnel, including a colonel, according to …
Salon Ibn Rushd: Future of Sisi’s rule approaches upcoming presidential elections amid local and international tension
“The Future of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s Regime,” was the latest Salon Ibn Rushd seminar, held on 16 July 2023 by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). The seminar hosted …
Biden Administration Should Not Provide Military Aid to Egypt in Light of Ongoing Human Rights Violations
The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Mr. Jake Sullivan Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs The White House …
International and Regional organizations support the Yemen Declaration for Justice and Reconciliation
NGOs call on the international community and warring parties to address the demands in Yemen Declaration On July 26, 2023, over 40 civil society organizations and victims and survivor …
Egypt’s Worst Decade for Human Rights
Ten years of a war on the population under the guise of fighting terrorism Ten years ago, on 24 July 2013, President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, then minister of defense, called on …
UN Human Rights Council: Emboldened by impunity and double-standards, autocratic governments go on the offensive
View PostCivil Society Organizations Condemn Sentencing of Egyptian Academic and Researcher Patrick George Zaki
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and academic Patrick George Zaki …
US Congress called upon by human rights organizations to adopt the "Global Voices for Freedom" law to protect human rights defenders
Dear Members of the U.S. Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our support for the Global Voices of Freedom Act (S.962), which Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman …
NGOs urge UN member states to reject insertion of repressive blasphemy laws into resolution at UN Human Rights Council
To Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council: Excellency, On 4 July 2023, the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva, on behalf of …
Tunisia: Anatomy of a Forced Deportation to Libya
A group of 20 migrants and asylum seekers from Western and Central Africa were forcibly displaced to the Tunisian-Libyan border (near Ben Guerdane) on the morning of July 2nd by …