The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is honored to announce that three leading women human rights defenders have joined its Board of Directors: Amina Al-Marini, Bochra Belhaj Hmida, …
Human rights groups call for Special UN Session on Iran amid protests
We are writing to raise our deep concerns about the Iranian authorities’ mobilization of their well honed machinery of repression to ruthlessly crackdown on current nationwide protests. The United Nations …
HRC51: السعودية وحلفاؤها ينجحوا مجددًا في عرقلة المحاسبة عن جرائم الحرب في اليمن والأمين العام يوصي بآلية للكشف عن مصائر المفقودين في سوريا
51st session of the UN Human Rights Council
Egypt: Unjust sentences against 10 Egyptian Nubians in Saudi Arabia
The undersigned organizations condemn the unjust sentences issued on Monday, 10 October 2022, against ten Egyptian Nubians by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sayed Hashem and Adel …
Egypt: COP27 participants urged to recognize Sinai population’s environmental and human rights
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is scheduled to be held in the southern Sinai city of Sharm el-Sheikh next month, in November. The undersigned human rights organizations …
Libya: Government must repeal new media rules
The undersigned organizations, associations and media institutions call on the Libyan government to repeal its dangerous decision regarding audiovisual media. It poses grave risks to the diversity and plurality of …
Human Rights Must be at the Core of the Agenda in Italy-Egypt Relations
Monday, 10th October 2022, ahead of the settlement of the Parliament Chambers on October 13th, which marks the beginning of the new legislature, 13 Italian and Egyptian civil society organisations …
Egypt: End arbitrary detention and forcible deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers
The undersigned organizations condemn the arbitrary detention of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Egypt and call upon the Egyptian government to abide by international and regional treaties and conventions on refugee rights. …
We Stand in Solidarity with Iranian Women and Protesters
We, the undersigned feminist and human rights organizations, stand in solidarity with the courageous women in Iran who have taken to the streets to peacefully protest the death in custody of …