Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)

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Link to: Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

UAE authorities have been arbitrarily denying family members, international observers, and the international media access to the mass trial of 94 critics of the government.

Link to: Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

UAE authorities have been arbitrarily denying family members, international observers, and the international media access to the mass trial of 94 critics of the government.

Link to: Protests turn violent as Egyptians attacked based on affiliation

Protests turn violent as Egyptians attacked based on affiliation

Egyptian human rights groups join forces to express concern over protests that have turned violent in Cairo’s Muqattam district on 22 March 2013.

The UAE 94 trial is ongoing and at the most recent hearing over two days on 18 and 19 March, the Supreme Court heard the prosecution witnesses, wooden gavel/shutterstock

Fair trial denied for UAE’s 94 jailed activists

The 94 Emirati activists were arrested following a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and opinion that took place over the 12 months preceding the trial.

Link to: UN resolution on religious tolerance and freedom of expression welcomed

UN resolution on religious tolerance and freedom of expression welcomed

Two free expression groups welcomed a UN resolution on combating religious intolerance, which was adopted by consensus at a UN Human Rights Council session.

Gulf human rights defenders face reprisals for cooperating with UN

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies reports on attacks carried out by the governments of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Oman against human rights defenders for cooperating with the UN.

Women shout during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo on 25 January 2013, REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Despite their role in the Arab uprisings, women still face marginalisation

Women in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, who were at the forefront of their countries’ revolutions, are still fighting for their rights to be realised.

Plain-clothes security personnel beat an anti-government protester at Cairo's Tahrir Square on 3 March 2013, REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt’s new protest bill fails to protect protesters

A proposed bill to regulate protests in Egypt fails to restrict the use of force or ensure accountability for crimes committed by members of the security forces against peaceful demonstrators.