On 11 November, the court of Khenchela (eastern Algeria) is expected to hear activist Yacine Mebarki’s appeal, following his sentencing on 8 October to 10 years in prison and a …
Palestinian and regional human rights organizations submit joint urgent appeal to UN Special Procedures on the escalating water and sanitation crisis in the Gaza Strip, oPt
Yesterday, four Palestinian and regional human rights organizations submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the escalating water and sanitation crisis in the Gaza …
Palestine: Civil Society Welcomes Mounting Recognition of Israeli Apartheid at UN HRC
On 30 September 2020, the mounting recognition of Israel’s commission of the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people was welcomed in a joint submission sent by a group of …
Egypt: Government called on to end internet censorship and website blocking
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 including media, political and human rights platforms. Blocking websites is a violation …
15 CSOs urge the EIB to adopt clear human rights strategy, including procedures addressing reprisals
Ahead of the upcoming Finance in Common Summit, the first global meeting of all public development banks, 15 human rights and development NGOs ,including CIHRS, have addressed an open letter …
Egypt: Days before a verdict in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, government’s vindictive use of terrorism charges against peaceful critics denounced by human rights organizations
The undersigned human rights organizations call for charges to be dismissed in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, whose verdict is scheduled for October 26th. Guilty only of exercising his …
Palestine: Palestinian Authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Must Uphold the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Al-Haq are concerned with the ongoing crackdown on the freedom of opinion and expression targeting Palestinian journalists and activists by the Palestinian …
Egypt: Hundreds of EU & US lawmakers urge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to release prisoners of conscience in Egypt
Earlier this week, more than 278 lawmakers from across Europe and the United States sent public letters to Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a strong message denouncing the situation …
I escaped Sisi’s jails, but thousands of others haven’t been as lucky
“I consider myself lucky” I told the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2016, when an Egyptian court ordered the freezing of my assets. Two years earlier I …
Algeria: Critically-ill activist Abdallah Benaoum must be immediately released
Algerian authorities must not allow another activist to die in detention The Algerian authorities have accelerated the arbitrary detention and prosecution of activists and journalists amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, most …