The undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued disappearance of dentist and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Al-Naggar, on its 1000th day, and call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately …
Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability
View PostEgypt: Rights groups call for the release of journalists detained for two years without trial
Human rights groups from the region and around the world call on authorities in Egypt to immediately release journalists Hisham Fouad and Hossam Moanis, who have been held without trial …
Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State Security Court in Case no. …
Egypt: Prison sentences against Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm must be revoked
Public Prosecution must fulfill its role in protecting rape survivors The undersigned organizations denounce the Cairo Criminal Court’s verdict on 21 June 2021 against Haneen Hossam, Mawada Eladhm, and three …
Algeria: UN member states must pressure Algerian government to end crackdown on fundamental freedoms
On Friday 18 June 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a side event to the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, titled “Democracy …
European bank challenged on human rights credentials
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has struggled to prevent the billions of euros it lends each year from supporting autocratic regimes, finds a new report from civil …
Libya: The kidnapping of a human rights defender raises concerns and threatens the credibility of scheduled elections
A joint letter to the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, and the Libyan Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour On the evening of 3 June 2021, …
Algeria: Criminalisation of Fundamental Freedoms Requires Urgent Response
View PostEgypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), for …