Tag: CIHRS

Rights groups concerned of investigations into anti-torture judges

Judges are interrogated under pretence of their participation in workshop organised by…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Police officers prosecuted for rape, torture leading to death

"Torture is systematic, accountability for it is selective," says human rights lawyer

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki

Tahya Misr Fund’s head claims NGOs aim to ‘bring down state organisations’

Meeting between US Congress delegation and NGOs covered deterioration of rights in…

Emir Nader Emir Nader

Concerns over human rights, civil society situation in Egypt before UNHRC

No genuine political will to stop violations against human rights defenders in…

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Egypt witnesses collapse of rule of law, constitution, human rights: Activist

Demonstrating in Egypt is considered more dangerous than mass murder, and the…

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Security violence has reached ‘unprecedented levels’: EIPR

Rights groups hold interior ministry accountable for deaths at Air Defence Stadium

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Al-Sisi ratifies electoral districts law amid concerns over fair democratic representation

Regulations do not weigh votes equally and will empower businessmen and Mubarak-era…

Emir Nader Emir Nader

EIPR to register under ‘flawed’ NGO law, will continue work to replace it

CIHRS says it will not register under an "undemocratic law"

Mahmoud Mostafa Mahmoud Mostafa

UN, Egyptian rights groups link counter-terrorism to human rights

CIHRS hosted meeting with UN official to assess Egypt's strategies to fight…

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NGO to move international programmes abroad due to ‘war on civil society’

Award-winning, Cairo-based CIHRS says human rights organisations face ongoing threats

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