Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rights groups in Egypt call on Morsi to withdraw bill designed to repress them
The Egyptian government is repressing civil society organisations’ right to freely carry out their activities by introducing a law that requires government approval of all foreign funding of domestic NGOs.
Human rights violations in the UAE spotlighted at the UN
Once every four years the UN Human Rights Council holds a public review of each of the 193 member states of the UN to examine their human rights records. The second such review for the UAE since the process known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was instituted in 2006 took place on 28 January 2013 and highlighted severe human rights challenges that the country still faces.