The undersigned organizations condemn the indictment of Patrick George Zaki by the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) on charges of “spreading false news inside and outside of the country”, based …
Confronting Terrorism Requires Fundamental Change to Strategies of Past Two Decades
View PostSudan: Human Rights Council should continue to support human rights in Sudan
Ahead of the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, 38 international, regional and local human rights organizations, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), sent …
Urgent human rights appeal regarding investigation of crimes committed in Afghanistan
Within the framework of the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which begins tomorrow 14 September and continues until 8 October, 50 human rights organizations around the …
Egypt: 10 rights groups stand in solidarity with members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms referred to Emergency Court
Ten human rights organizations today declared their full solidarity with leaders and members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, whose trial begins this Saturday, 11 September, before an …
States should support accountability for crimes under international law committed in Yemen at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council
Joint Civil Society Letter Your Excellency, We write to you to urge your government to use the upcoming 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to: Establish …
CIHRS 24th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement: 20 Years After 9/11attacks: Lessons Learned from two decades of Counterterrorism
Invitation The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is pleased to invite you to attend its Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement, organized on September 7 and 8, …
Egypt: Government should stop treating human rights defenders as hostages while negotiating US military aid and put an end to a decade of security and judicial prosecutions against them
View PostSecurity Council and United Nations called on by human rights community to take urgent measures to protect human rights defenders and peacebuilders, especially in places of conflict
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined more than 350 human rights organizations around the world in an open letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, regarding …