Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
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Over 57 individuals arrested as part of LGBTQ+ crackdown in Egypt
Human rights organizations condemn the crackdown on individuals in Egypt based on their perceived sexual orientation and gender identity.
![A young man reads a copy of "Alhayat" newspaper in Cairo, Egypt, 21 January 2017, AP Photo/Amr Nabil](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/egypt-crackdown-nationalisation-alhayat-ap.jpg)
Attacks, abuses of power & shrinking civic space: September in the MENA region
Our monthly roundup spotllghts Egypt’s latest efforts to control the media (and rainbow flags), the Kurdish referendum (and aftershocks), a campaign to tackle self-censorship in Palestine and much more.
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Detention with no end in sight for Egyptian rights advocate Hanan Badr el-Din
Hanan, a human rights defender and co-founder of the ÈAssociation of the Families of the DisappearedÈ group, was trying to get information about her forcibly disappeared husband when she was arrested herself and placed in preventative detention indefinitely.
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Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.
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Emboldened regimes: Crushing Middle East dissent
As President Trump visited Saudi Arabia, repression hit new highs throughout the Middle East. But, though the level of repression to stamp out dissent may be new, the excuse was a very familiar one.
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The crackdown continues
Activist Mohammed Zaree was short-listed for the prestigious Martin Ennals human rights award. But the Egyptian government was not impressed: It may soon decide to put him behind bars.
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Sudanese human rights defender held without charge since December 2016
26 organizations from the Middle East and North Africa are concerned for the life of prominent human rights defender Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Adam says he has been tortured and denied medication while in detention.
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Egyptian human rights group files lawsuit to annul repressive assembly law
Egypt’s assembly law, issued 103 years ago by British colonial authorities during WWI, was unanimously repealed by parliament in 1928. It is still being used today to jail thousands of innocent Egyptians.