The undersigned organizations call upon the Libyan authorities to rescind the cybercrime law recently adopted by the Libya’s House of Representatives. The law would severely restrict freedom of expression, curtail …
Egypt: Rights groups condemn infringement of right to fair trial for Alaa Abd El Fattah, Mohammed al-Baqer, and Mohammed Oxygen
View PostAlgeria: Ongoing pre-trial detention of Mr. Abderraouf Arslane
Présidence de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire H.E. Abdelmadjid Tebboune Place Mohamed Seddik Benyahia, El Mouradia Alger, 16000, Algérie Your Excellency, The undersigned organisations are concerned about the ongoing …
Palestinian, Regional, and International Organizations Submit Urgent Appeal to UN Special Procedures on the Imminent Deportation of Human Rights Defender Salah Hammouri
On 27 October 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Palestinian civil society, and international human rights organizations submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures …
Civil society participation at UN Human Rights Council cannot be an afterthought
To: Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the UN Human Rights Council, Elizabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Ambassador of Austria to the UN in Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva …
Sudan: UN rejects military coup, establishes monitoring mechanism
View PostHate Speech and Acts against Syrians Escalate in Turkey
There are 3,701,584 Syrians[1] registered under “temporary protection” status in Turkey, which differs in its geographic and demographic size and economic power compared to Syria’s other neighboring countries, and thus …
Meet the 9 Top Spoilers of Peace in Yemen
Abdulmalik al-Houthi and Mohammed bin Salman garner the top two ‘awards’ for committing the most awful crimes in Yemen Soon after the UN Human Rights Council voted to end the …
Salon Ibn Rushd: The Present and Future of Political Islam
“The Present and Future of Political Islam” was the topic of the latest Salon Ibn Rushd seminar held on 28 October 2021 by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society
As a group of 242 regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to escalate its attacks to …