The United Nations working group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) met on the 28th of January to review the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Despite Ambassador and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash's statement ...

Today, the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the situation in the country continues to deteriorate. On this occasion, the undersigned organisations call on Human Rights Council member-states ...

To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence and restore peace to the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue ...

  Photo from: Masrawy.com The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is set to resume its work tomorrow, some six weeks after it was forcibly suspended when supporters of the ruling political party besieged the court to prevent it from convening to consider ...

The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizationsstrongly condemn the arrest of photojournalist Mohamed Sabry and his referral to an expedited military trial after he was detained while preparing a story for Reuters in the Rafah area in northern Sinai. We demand ...

Organization: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Location: Cairo, Egypt Position: League of Arab States Advocacy Officer Organizational Unit: Arab Regional Advocacy Program Starting Date: Immediately Contract Duration: 8 months, with possibility of extension Salary: The remuneration will be commensurate with the experience of the ...

When the Shura Council appointed new members to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), the process revealed an obvious political bias in the formation. The NCHR, tasked with defending human rights and placing pressure on state authorities to improve ...