Image From: Youm7.com Having taken part in a hearing organized by the Proposals, Debates, and Social Communications Committee of the Constituent Assembly on the morning of July 22, the undersigned organizations are concerned by the lack of serious social debate ...

The Omani government should drop its cases against nine online activists and a demonstrator who were convicted of crimes solely for exercising their rights to free expression. The cases are before the Omani appeals court. On July 16, 2012, the Muscat ...

Navanethem Pillay High Commissioner for Human Rights Your Excellency: In light of the recent draft report issued by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group on Morocco, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Aminatou Haidar, 2008 Robert ...

To: Foreign Ministers of Members of the African Union Your Excellency, As nongovernmental organizations working to promote human rights at the United Nations Human Rights Council, we are deeply concerned by the recent decision of the African Group in New York to endorse ...

Dear Ambassador Strengthening the Mandate of the UN Mission in Syria We write to urge you to renew the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) and to ensure that it retains a strong human rights mandate when the Security Council ...

For the revolution and transition period to be truly successful, the Tunisian government must both pass and implement constitutional guarantees and legal reforms enshrining and safeguarding freedom of expression, association and the independence of the judiciary, says a new report ...

Citizens from South Sudan and Sudan have today been joined by human rights activists, civil society organisations and faith leaders from around the world in a united call for peace within and between the two countries. The global campaign – We ...

For the past 18 months, Egyptians have been struggling to follow up with the constantly shifting developments in the political sphere. Developments seem to not only play with the existing balance of power, but rather with our own perceptions of ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns Israel’s decision to cut relations with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to avoid compliance with its human rights obligations. ...

In a press conference on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations  launched a memorandum outlining the president-elect’s most important priorities for human rights in his first 100 days in office. The Forum, which includes ...