To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Your Excellencies, In light of the situation in and around El Fasher, …
Syria’s Transition Hangs in the Balance: CIHRS Report on Civil Society’s Struggle for a Voice
Download the report as a PDF fileThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report today, titled ‘We can’t sit back and wait’: Syria’s transition through the eyes …
Sudan: Urgent international action required to protect civilians and prevent further atrocities in El Fasher
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with its member organizations in Sudan (SHRM and ACJPS), as well as other undersigned member organizations from across Africa and the Arab …
Egypt: Release Hamdy El-Za’eem: Unlawfully Detained for Five Years
The undersigned organizations call for the immediate and unconditional release of photojournalist Hamdy Mokhtar Ali, ‘Hamdy El-Za’eem’, who has been held in pretrial detention for nearly five years pending Case …
Egypt: Rights Groups Condemn Arbitrary Referral to Trial of Exiled Academic Taqadum El-Khatib and Call for an End to Transnational Repression
The undersigned organizations condemn the relentless persecution and harassment of Egyptian researcher and academic Dr. Taqadum El-Khatib, who has been living in exile in Germany, following a new arbitrary in …
EU/Egypt: First summit should not ignore human rights violations
As the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa hold the “first ever” EU-Egypt summit with Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi on 22 October, the …
Egypt: Immediately release Dr. Abdelkhalek Farouk, unjustly sentenced for his writing
Following a trial failing to meet minimal due process standards, the verdict represents a threat from the authorities that any free expression of opinion will be repressed, including with imprisonment. …
The Yemeni Coalition for Human Rights, in partnership with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies:
#WannaLive – A new human rights campaign addressing the daily suffering of the Yemeni people and the violation of their basic rights
On the anniversary of the Yemeni people’s uprising against the tyranny of the occupation, 14 October, the Yemeni Coalition for Human Rights in partnership with the Cairo Institute for Human …
Yemen: Release Human Rights Lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra
The undersigned non-governmental organisations call on the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, Ansar Allah, to immediately and unconditionally release the prominent human rights lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra from arbitrary detention. …
The 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Normalizing atrocities in the Middle East and North Africa only leads to further unrest
During the United Nation’s 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), member states continued to remain silent on victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity across the Middle …
Safe Passage: Protection for Civilians Under Siege in El Fasher
Time is running out for the estimated 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped in El Fasher, Darfur’s final battleground between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces …
Tae’thir Presents Six Art Projects at the Instants Vidéo Festival in Marseille
The project is led by On 16 and 17 October, the Tae’thir project will showcase six original works by young Mediterranean artists at the annual Instants Vidéo Festival held in …
34 CSOs Condemn US Sanctions on leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations
As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza escalates, enabled by US military and political support, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions …
The Arab World: From Dreams of Arab Unity to the Nightmares of Civil Wars
A Reading into Causes and Consequences
On 23 September 2025, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held its monthly Ibn Rushd Salon under the title: ‘The Arab World: From Dreams of Arab Unity to …
Algeria: Lift Undue Restrictions on Associations
Draft Bill Would Maintain Constraints, Grant Government Excessive Authority Algerian authorities should end excessive control over civil society groups and parliament should enact a new associations law based on international …