On 3 December 2021, Ahmed Douma, a writer and political activist who was one of the most prominent symbols and leaders of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year …
CIHRS at the Democracy Summit
View PostYemen: Civil Society Groups Demand Urgent UN Action Against Impunity for Crimes
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View PostA Message from Civil Society in the Arab Region to the Summit for Democracy
View PostJoint NGO Letter Urging EU Targeted Sanctions Against NSO Group
Dear EU High Representative Borrell and Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, We are writing following credible revelations that Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware was used to hack the devices of …
Joint Letter: Congress Must Block Biden Administration’s Wrongful $650 Million Arm sale to Saudi Arabia or Risk Fueling Further U.S. Complicity in Rights Violations and Yemini Civilian Suffering
Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, write in opposition to the Biden Administration’s plans to sell $650 million in air-to-air munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. …
More than 100 trade unions, political parties and human rights groups send letter to EU in support of Palestinian civil society
Dear High Representative, As organisations based in Europe, we would like to alert you to the extremely serious situation created by the slander of the State of Israel against six …
Egypt: New amendments ratified by president entrench permanent state of emergency
View PostHuman Rights Concerns Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue
Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 cc: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael Lempert Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human …