The undersigned Egyptian civil society organizations extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on your victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. We also extend …
Algeria: European Parliament calls for action on human rights and expresses solidarity with demonstrators
The European Parliament’s second urgency resolution on Algeria in a year is an important step and should be followed by stronger public action from the international community On 26 November, …
Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations
This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary detention, in retaliation for his human rights …
Egypt: Gasser Abdel Razek’s life in danger as he endures abuse in prison for human rights meeting with Western diplomats
The Egyptian authorities’ abuse of veteran human rights defender Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), is condemned by the undersigned human rights organizations. …
Libya: Human Rights Briefing (June – October 2020)
The Libya Platform and CIHRS Political negotiations success should be measured against radical improvements in the human sector Daily bombardments of Libya’s capital Tripoli have ceased since June 2020, after …
Morocco: Joint Letter Calling on Moroccan Authorities to Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defender Maati Monjib
The undersigned civil society organizations call on the Moroccan authorities to immediately end their intimidation and harassment campaign against academic and human rights defender Maati Monjib and drop all baseless …
Egypt: Solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Urged by Human Rights Community in Open Letter to Ambassadors and Diplomats
Your Excellency, In solidarity with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), we are human rights organisations and initiatives writing to express our utmost concern regarding the unprecedented and alarming …
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, while affirming their work in defending human rights will continue
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and one of the pioneers of the human rights …
Urgent appeal to UN special procedures on civilian abductees in Yemen
The abductees held at the Special Security Forces Detention Camp in Sana’a by Houthi forces in Yemen was the topic of a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations special …
Palestine: CIHRS Addresses the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights
On Monday, 16 November 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in the Exchange of Views on recent human rights developments in Palestine, organized by the Subcommittee …
Egypt: The Public Prosecutor must immediately release EIPR’s administrative manager
There must be accountability for the systematic abduction of human rights defenders by Egypt’s state security services, the latest of whom is Mohamed Basheer, the Administrative Manager of the Egyptian …
A unique opportunity to put an end to the “French exception” by establishing parliamentary control over France’s arms sales
With the imminent publication of recommendations from the parliamentary fact-finding mission on arms export control, the wake-up call raised by many French, international and Yemeni NGOs must finally be heeded. …
CIHRS at the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights Council takes important steps to ensure accountability in the MENA region From 14 September to 7 October 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 45th …
CIHRS Joins Global Civil Society in Advocating for and Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Business Activities and Human Rights
From 26 – 30 October 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated remotely in the sixth Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with …
Libya must end systematic impunity and investigate the killing of lawyer and political activist Hanan al-Barassi
The undersigned human rights groups are appalled by the assassination of lawyer and political activist Hanan al-Barassi in Benghazi on 10 November 2020, and call on the competent authorities to …