The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against a freedom of expression activist and two of his colleagues, 19 regional and international human rights organizations said today. Mazen Darwish and ...

UN Human Rights Council: 22nd session Oral intervention: Item 4 – ID on report of COI on Syria Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 12 March 2013 Delivered by: Paola Salwan Daher The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcomes the report of the ...

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 ...

Yesterday, Wednesday 27 June, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention before the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) addressing the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria. The oral intervention recognized the several ...

The undersigned rights groups from around the world are seriously concerned about human rights defenders, journalists, writers and bloggers in Syria who have been subjected to enforced disappearance, which has contributed to the lack of credible information available about human ...

Arab and International civil society present measures to the League of Arab States to intensify leadership on Syria   Your Excellency, Dr. Nabil El Araby Secretary General, League of Arab States Nabeel elAraby In advance of the extraordinary  meeting of the Arab Ministers of Foreign ...

Yesterday, on May 29, 2012, seven employees of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and one SCM visitor were summoned to stand on trial at a military court in Damascus. They have been charged with “possessing prohibited ...

The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the ongoing secret detention of Mr. Mazen Darwish, President of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), and four of his colleagues, more than 65 days after they were arrested in violation of ...

The undersigning organizations express their grave concerns for the safety of Mr. Mazen Darwish, Head of theDamascus based Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and seven of his colleagues, arrested by Air Force Intelligence members on February ...

As the Syrian struggle for a life of freedom and democratic rights enters its second year,the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with a community of Syrian citizens residing in Egypt, is honored to invite you to ...