Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
How Egypt’s civil society is defending countless prisoners of conscience
Ten Egyptian rights organisations launch campaign called Voices Behind Bars to defend hundreds of young people currently detained for exercising their right of freedom of opinion and expression.
Egypt’s Interior Ministry marks World Press Freedom Day by storming press syndicate
Just a few hours before World Press Freedom Day, a security force with the Interior Ministry raided the syndicate’s headquarters.
In run-up to planned protests, Egyptian authorities conduct mass arrests
Police have arrested youth from cafes in downtown Cairo, at metro stations, at random police checkpoints and from their homes.
Civil society to Obama: Live up to your 2011 promises, support reform in the Gulf
Eleven regional and international civil society groups have penned a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to press for the release of all detained rights defenders across the Gulf region who are imprisoned solely due to their peaceful and legitimate human rights work.
Egypt’s regime tenaciously hounds last remaining voice of victims: Civil society
At a time when the torture and murder of Egyptians have become a mark of patriotism, defenders of the victims of these crimes are being prosecuted.
Government’s use of travel bans turns Egypt into “mass jail cell” for rights advocates
Head of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Gamal Eid’s travel ban is the latest in a string of arbitrary travel bans targeting activists and human rights advocates in Egypt.
Five years after the Arab Spring, Egypt must #DetainNoMore
Sign CIHRS and EuroMed Rights’ petition for freedom for five emblematic prisoners of conscience in Egypt.
Bahraini rights defender Mohammad Al-Maskati faces prison if sentence upheld
Al-Maskati is the founder and former president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), and is currently a digital security consultant at Front Line Defenders. On 31 December 2014, the Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced him to six months in prison but he remained free on bail of 100 BHD until the appeal.