Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
Arab organisations condemn smear campaigns targeting human rights defenders
The smear campaigns have included incitements to murder and have gone so far as to accuse rights defenders and opposition journalists of spying for Israel.
TMG calls on European Parliament to help end Tunisian government’s unrelenting war on free expression
TMG members hope the public debate in the European Parliament on 20 January 2010 will send a strong message to the Tunisian government.
TMG urges Tunisian government to free journalists and cease harassment
Following Taoufik Ben Brik, journalist Zouhayr Makhlouf has, in turn, been sentenced to three months in prison and a fine of 6,000 dinars.
Human rights organisation attacked following publication of report on torture
CIHRS strongly condemns the attack on the headquarters of The Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights.
ARTICLE 19 joins 26 other human rights groups to express concern over new religious defamation submission
ARTICLE 19 joins 26 other human rights groups, including IFEX members ANHRI, BCHR, CIHRS and Human Rights Watch, in an open letter expressing concerns about recent submissions on religious defamation brought before the UN.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom
While calling on the Moroccan government to stop the current crackdown against press freedom, 31 IFEX members and others condemn the recent arrests and harassment of journalists and independent press.
Five IFEX members and numerous other organisations condemn repression ahead of International Day of Solidarity
Human rights organizations from the Arab region express utter condemnation of the brutal repression undertaken by Iranian authorities against large masses of Iranian people involved in peaceful demonstrations.
States attack human rights experts at UN rights body; thirty-five organisations, including six IFEX members, express concern
Human rights organisations from every region of the world warn that recent “extraordinary attacks” by states on United Nations human rights experts at the Human Rights Council was “severely eroding the Council’s legitimacy and credibility.”