Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
Free expression groups celebrate freeing of whistleblower police commissioner
IFEX-TMG attends trial of Samir Feriani, acquitted of charges of leaking information about the destruction of evidence linking Tunisian secret police to torture and other crimes.
Human rights groups voice need for strong and urgent Security Council action
Since mass protests began, the UN has estimated at least 2,600 civilians have been killed, the majority of them protesters and local residents shot with live ammunition by the security forces and army.
International “Day of Rage”: UN Rights Council addresses situations in Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
Human rights defenders converged on the Council to respond to an unprecedented number of UN reports addressing grave rights violations throughout the Arab region.
Twenty-three NGOs call on transitional authorities to engage in dialogue, meet demands of civil society
In a statement released by CIHRS, organisations condemn the recent revival and expansion of the emergency law by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which constitutes a direct threat to freedom of expression.
CIHRS hosts panel discussion, film screening on free expression crisis
CIHRS screened the Al Jazeera documentary “Shouting in the dark” and hosted a panel discussion on Bahrain in parallel with the recent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva about the situation in Bahrain.
Thirty-six NGOs condemn the campaign waged by the authorities against civil society organisations
In a press conference at CIHRS’s office in Cairo, and following the submission of a complaint to the relevant UN Special Rapporteurs, the NGOs condemned what they perceived to be a defamation campaign in response to the role played by human rights defenders in exposing abuses committed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Targeting of journalists and demonstrators alarming, says IFEX-TMG
The IFEX-TMG is urging action to prevent any repeat of recent violent crackdowns on demonstrators and journalists in the run up to scheduled constitutional elections in October.
Scars of oppression run deep in the country’s media
IFEX-TMG report calls for free and independent media and a strong, democratic and open civil society.