(Photo: Frontline Defenders) His Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King Your Majesty, We, the undersigned 45 human rights organisations which are members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and other groups, call on the ...

Yesterday, on March 5, 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention addressing the ongoing attack on civil society in Egypt before the 19th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council. The intervention came ...

In a Panel on Freedom of Expression on the Internet, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) delivered an oral statement before the 19th session of the Geneva-based UN ...

The oral intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies during an urgent debate on the situation in Syria at 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council Oral intervention - urgent debate on Syria Delivered by: Ms. Laila Matar Thank ...

The oral intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council Delivered by: Ms. Maryam Al-Khawaja Thank you Madam President, I am honoured to be addressing the distinguished representatives in attendance at the ...

On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) was inaugurated at the council’s headquarters in Geneva; the session is slated to close on March 23, 2012. This session comes as some nations, such as ...

We the undersigned, representing 144 international and Arab NGOs from over 20 countries, call on the “Friends of Syria” conference, to be held on February 24th in Tunis, to seek an international strategy to end the human rights violations in ...

The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – an organization that enjoys UN ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned about the continued illegal arrest and detention of at least 8 human rights defenders from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM). On Thursday February 16 ...

The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing slandering and intimidation of civil society organizations, particularly human rights groups, and note that the referral of 43 Egyptian and foreign nationals to a criminal court is politically motivated. The affected institutions have ...