Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue (Geneva – February 9, 2021) — Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, more than …
Lebanon Must Ensure Justice and Accountability for Loqman Slim’s Assassination
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is greatly saddened over the assassination of Loqman Slim, a prominent Lebanese political activist. For the sake of justice, we are calling for …
Egypt: State authorities must be held to account for violence perpetrated against detained journalist Solafa Magdy
The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to urgently open credible investigations into the physical assaults, acts of harassment, and abuse against journalist Solafa Magdy by …
Defend Democracy in Myanmar
Democracy organizations from around the world call on the Myanmar military to fully respect the results of the recent national elections, release all detained political and civil society leaders, refrain …
South Sudan: Civil society calls for the extension of the mandate of UN Commission on Human Rights
Ahead of the 46th Human Rights Council session, 25 human rights organizations including CIHRS call on member states of the United Nations to extend the mandate of the Commission on …
Libya: The denial of non-Libyan citizens’ right to health must be investigated and remedied
The right to health is a fundamental and inclusive[1] human right, encompassing health care, safe drinking water in hospital facilities, adequate sanitation, adequate nutrition, and housing. Functioning public health care …
A critique of the Arab Spring elite: What is needed is a cultural revolution, not another uprising
“When the history of the January 25 revolution is written, it will be described as a revolution that cared more about cleaning up Tahrir Square than sweeping away the old regime. And in both …
The European Investment Bank should protect human rights in its business practices, said 15 NGOs
On the occasion of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors’ annual policy dialogue with civil society, fifteen organizations – among them CIHRS – called on the Board to …
France must ensure implementation of Duty of Vigilance Law to protect human rights defenders
The situation of violence against human rights defenders (HRDs)[1] around the globe is alarming. HRDs, as well as their relatives and families, are intimidated, stigmatized, persecuted, harassed, criminalized, attacked and even …