The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by the Egyptian government’s constant abuse of lawyer Islam Salama, who has been forcibly disappeared for the third consecutive time, following earlier …
Egypt: Government weaponizes acts of reprisal to silence human rights defenders, academics, and their families
The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations are appalled by the raids on the family homes of academic and researcher Taqadum Al-Khatib and human rights defender Mohamed Soltan; clear acts of reprisal …
Civil Society Urge EU Member States to Support Resolutions on Palestine in Upcoming Human Rights Council Session
On 8 February 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), together with Al-Haq, Al Mezan, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), 11.11.11, and CNCD.11.11.11, sent a joint …
Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the …
Yemen: European Parliament Adopts Resolution, Calls on EU and Member States to Address Accountability Gap
On Thursday, 11 February 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen by a large majority of 638 votes for, 12 against and …
A new human rights report: How can the UK government protect human rights defenders
The unprecedented surge in attacks against human rights defenders around the world is the focus of a human rights report issued on February 10, 2021 by Amnesty International UK and …
CIHRS Issues Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration on Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …
Egypt | In conjunction with the Ramy Shaath and Zyad el-Elaimy appeal hearing: Letter to ambassadors concerning Egypt’s use of terror lists to suppress human rights defenders
Ten civil society organizations including CIHRS, a European Lawyers’ association and three prominent lawyers are publishing a letter today February 10 addressed to a group of European Union Ambassadors denouncing …
80 CSOs urge U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to Increase Support for Human Rights Defenders
Eighty human rights, environmental, democracy and anti-corruption organizations-including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies- led by EarthRights International have sent a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony …