Joint statement: End arbitrary detention and forcible deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers

07/10/2022

The undersigned organizations condemn the arbitrary detention of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Egypt and call upon the Egyptian government to abide by international and regional treaties […]

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Sudan: UN calls for investigation on killing of 3 activists in West Darfur by armed militias 

02/10/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 2, 2022  UN experts have expressed their concerns about the excessive use of force […]

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‘There is no environmental justice without a free civic space’: Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27

30/09/2022

Amelia Smith At last year’s Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, campaigners stormed the streets in their thousands, some smearing blood over themselves, others taking off […]

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Global Coalition Calls for Release of Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on Three Year Anniversary of their Arrests

29/09/2022

Thursday, September 29, 2022 marks three years since Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer and British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah were arrested […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about the results of investigations into the killing of economist Ayman Hadhoud, calls for new probe

29/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 29, 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern about the allegations of […]

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Human rights organizations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohamed Oxygen, asserting that prosecuting him aims to punish for his journalistic work

26/09/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to intervene quickly to end the detention of blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, known […]

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UN: Ukraine war cut funding for emergency care for victims of sexual violence in South Sudan

26/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 September 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in South Sudan said […]

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UN Fact-Finding Mission in Libya urges the parties to the conflict to stop hostilities in Tripoli and protect civilians

03/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 1, 2022 The United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya urged all parties involved […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about disappearance and trial of a Yemeni citizen, amid fears of his deportation to his country

01/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 1, 2022 UN experts have expressed their deep concerns about the arbitrary detention, enforced […]

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Bachelet denounces killing of Palestinian children in Gaza 

11/08/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: August 11, 2022  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has expressed […]

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UN experts call for international investigation into the 2020 Beirut explosion

03/08/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 3, 2022 UN experts affiliated with the Human Rights Council in Geneva called for […]

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UN ‘appalled’ by death of Australian teenager in a detention facility in northeastern Syria

31/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 31, 2022 UN experts have expressed their deep frustration and concern following confirmation of […]

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UN Committee Against Torture publishes findings on Palestine and UAE

31/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 31, 2022 The United Nations Committee Against Torture issued its findings regarding Palestine and […]

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Egypt: Political prisoner dies in prison in Alexandria due to poor detention conditions

20/07/2022

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 19 July 2022 The Committee for Justice on Tuesday documented the death of a political […]

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UN calls for independent probe into deaths of 22 Africans trying to cross the Spanish border in Melilla

19/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 19 July 2022 UN experts have called on the governments of Morocco and Spain to […]

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