We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger. Alaa …
The Cairo Institute and the Libya Platform urge the international community to take meaningful steps toward a genuine end to the conflict
An Endless Proxy War is Preventing Libya from Addressing the Covid-19 Pandemic The Libya Platform[1] and CIHRS urge the international community to act immediately to deter Libyan parties and their …
Civil Society Organizations Raise COVID-19 Human Rights Priorities with OHCHR
On 9 April 2020, the Human Rights Council held its first online informal briefing to address the challenges to human rights resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting, the …
Egypt: Free expression regarded by government as a greater threat to public safety than murder or violence, as demonstrated by presidential pardons and conditional releases
The signatory human rights organizations denounce the exclusion of prisoners of conscience from the April 14th pardon issued by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Persons including peaceful opposition politicians, human rights …
EU: Time to review and remedy cooperation policies facilitating abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya
One year after the resumption of the armed conflict in Tripoli, and at a time when the humanitarian situation in Libya continues to deteriorate due to further military escalation and …
Yemen: Urgent Measures Needed to Protect Civilians from COVID-19
The conflict in Yemen is entering its sixth year, resulting in what is considered the worst man-made humanitarian crisis in the world. On 10 April, the first COVID-19 case was …
CIHRS at the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council
انتصار للمجتمع المدني نحو مساءلة الشركات في المستوطنات الإسرائيلة وخطوات جديدة نحو تحقيق دولي مستقل عن الجرائم في ليبياخلال الجلسة الثالثة والأربعين لمجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة، والتي بدأت فعاليتها …
Grave concerns over prominent activists Ramy Shaath and Zyad al-Elaimy being added to Egypt’s “terrorists list”
Paris-Cairo-Geneva, April 24, 2020 – Cairo’s Criminal Court has decided to put Ramy Shaath, Egyptian-Palestinian human rights defender, and Zyad al-Elaimy, former member of Parliament and human rights lawyer, on …
A job or a calling? Egypt’s human rights movement from the Mubarak era to Sisi
It was the morning of 3 July, 2013, with the military coup to be declared by Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi later that same day. Fourteen Egyptian rights organisations, under …
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Civil Society Calls for Urgent Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli Prisons
As we mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day this year, Palestinian prisoners and detainees face the additional threat of a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Israeli prisons and detention centers. While governments around …