Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
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.
IFEX-TMG members alarmed by resurgence of Internet censorship and arrests
IFEX-TMG calls for free speech rights of Tunisian citizens to be upheld in the run up to free elections.
Human rights organisations call on UN to urgently address killings of pro-democracy protestors
The statement denounced the current crackdown on protesters in al-Hureya square in Taiz, Yemen, which has killed more than 50 protestors, as well as the targeting of activists in Syria, which has resulted in the killing of between 1,000 and 1,200 protestors.