Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution
Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.
Egyptian rights groups: Unjust ruling in NGO trial is a fatal blow to free expression
Twenty Egyptian organisations have come to gether to condemn in the strongest terms the verdict issued on June 4 by the Cairo Criminal Court which convicted 43 staff members of international NGOs in the so-called “foreign funding case.”
Health of detained Syrian rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq worsening
Nineteen human rights organisations have joined forces to condemn the continued enforced disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq whose health has been steadily deterioriating over the past eight months he spent in detention.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood lays the foundations for a new police state
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), are currently seeking to curb the right to freedom of association through legal restrictions even more severe than those imposed by the Mubarak regime.
Joint appeal to U.N. protests torture of detained rights defenders in Bahrain
Over 50 NGOs worldwide signed a joint appeal to the U.N. against the ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalists in Bahrain, calling for U.N. and Red Cross visits.
In post-revolutionary Arab states, rights situation dire
Two years after the “Arab Spring” swept the region and led to the ouster of rulers in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen, the state of human rights in these countries remains dire and the transition to democracy faces major challenges.
Call for release of rights activists facing terrorism charges in Syria
Nineteen regional and international human rights organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against Mazen Darwish and two of his colleagues from the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM).
U.N. High Commissioner concerned about Egypt’s draft law on civil society
High Commissioner Navi Pillay urged the Egyptian government to take steps to ensure that the current version of a draft law on civil society organisations is laid open to careful examination by Egyptian and international human rights experts, and, based on their advice, is brought into line with international standards.