Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees

04/01/2022

The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]

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UN concerned that a former Jordanian official was tortured during his interrogation

04/01/2022

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 3, 2021 UN experts have expressed their grave concerns about allegations that a former Jordanian official, Basem Awadallah, was […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about continued detention of 4 human rights defenders  

04/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 4 January 2022 UN experts have expressed their serious concerns about the continued renewal of the […]

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UN experts concerned about attack on Iraqi journalist covering protests in the country 

02/01/2022

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 2, 2022 UN experts have expressed their concern about the alleged physical attacks, threats and judicial harassment against […]

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UN experts criticize legal amendments to combat terrorism in Algeria, amid fears of human rights violations

30/12/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 30, 2021 UN experts issued a memorandum with comments and proposals on some of the laws related to the […]

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UNESCO Director-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights call for the release of two officials detained in Yemen 

28/12/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 28, 2021 The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human […]

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UN concerned about mass expulsions of migrants, including women and children, from Tunisia to Libya 

27/12/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 27, 2021 UN experts have expressed their deep concern about allegations of the collective […]

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UN criticizes human rights violations against Vietnamese female domestic workers in Saudi Arabia 

26/12/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 26, 2021 UN experts have criticized human rights violations committed against a group of […]

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UN rapporteur urges international community to end the Israeli occupation and all settlement activities in Palestinian territories

26/12/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 26, 2021 The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the […]

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Sudan: UN calls for transparent investigations into harassment, sexual violence and rape of female protesters by security forces 

26/12/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 26, 2021 The spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz […]

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Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim

21/12/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and […]

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South Sudan: Sponsored by UN and AU, High-level conference held to sustain momentum for transitional justice

20/12/2021

News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 16, 2021 Participants at the transitional justice processes in South Sudan announced their adoption […]

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Joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”

16/12/2021

Ahead of the verdict of the Emergency Court on 20 December, we, the undersigned organisations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release […]

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Egypt: 100 days since the launch of Sisi’s deceptive human rights strategy

10/12/2021

The Committee for Justice said that the reality observed on the ground in Egypt 100 days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi launched the National […]

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Human rights organizations demand the release of political activist and writer Ahmed Douma

03/12/2021

On December 3, 2021, Ahmed Douma, writer, political activist and one of the most prominent symbols of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year […]

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