Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)

Egyptian human rights defenders and UN experts examine how authorities in Egypt have weaponized counter terrorism laws to target activists and human rights defenders, and measures the international community can take to investigate the country’s grave human rights violations.

Rights groups in Egypt condemn the sentencing of several women content creators for their online videos in a flawed ruling they say is the result of a systematic security and media campaign aimed at imposing moral and societal guardianship on social media users.

In a joint statement, 64 rights groups from around the world called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to immediately end the ongoing crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent.

In a historic resolution that follows years of work by Palestinians and human rights defenders around the world, the right’s body moves to investigate Israel’s grave human rights violations against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line.

IFEX joins over 20 organisations in highlighting how Egypt’s worsening rule of law and human rights abuses represent non-compliance with the mandate of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

In the guise of confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities in MENA have censored online information, suppressed criticism, and passed measures hostile to rights and freedoms, says a new report from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS).

Dozens of “Hirak” pro-democracy activists including journalist Khaled Drareni, are released as the movement takes to the street to mark its second anniversary. Rights groups call on the international community to urge Algerian authorities to end policies aimed at silencing peaceful free expression and assembly.

Rights groups in Egypt call on authorities to investigate reports of physical assaults, acts of harassment, and abuse against detained journalist Solafa Magdy by police and staff at Qanater women’s prison.