UN rapporteur calls for an end to intimidation and threats against a lawyer and human rights defender in Lebanon

02/12/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 2, 2021 The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, […]

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UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to visit Tunisia and Lebanon in 2022  

30/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 30 November 2021   The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) announced that it […]

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Israel: UN concerned about deteriorating health condition of hunger-striking Palestinian detainees  

28/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 28, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the deteriorating health conditions of […]

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Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue

26/11/2021

November 23, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 CC: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael […]

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UN concerned about disappearance and forcible deportation of an Algerian refugee from Tunisia 

23/11/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 23, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the disappearance and the allegations […]

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UN condemns Bahrain’s expulsion of Omani resident for exercising her right to freedom of opinion and expression

22/11/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 22 United Nations human rights experts denounced the position of the Bahraini authorities regarding […]

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UN experts denounce Egypt’s expulsion of asylum-seeking Eritrean family in violation of principle of non-refoulement 

21/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about the forcible return […]

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Bachelet condemns the excessive use of force against protesters in Sudan  

21/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has condemned […]

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn exceptional sentence given to Elelaimy, Moanes, Fouad, and others and urge president not to ratify it

17/11/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the shameful ruling issued today 17 November by the Emergency State Security Court, to five years in prison and […]

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UN Women’s Rights Committee issues its findings and recommendations on Egypt, South Sudan and Yemen 

16/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 16, 2021 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued on […]

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Egypt: US Advocate’s Father Held Incommunicado

15/11/2021

Egyptian authorities have held Salah Soltan in incommunicado detention since June 2020, in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance and may amount to torture or other […]

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UN expert: Lebanese government has failed its people and plunged country into extreme poverty 

14/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 14 November 2021 The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De […]

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Egypt: Stop the farce trial of 10 Egyptian Nubians before the Saudi Specialized Criminal Court

11/11/2021

After the Specialized Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia decided to postpone for two months the trial of ten Egyptian Nubians, who have been detained by […]

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn infringement of right to fair trial for Alaa Abd El Fattah, Mohammed al-Baqer, and Mohammed Oxygen

10/11/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn the decision by the Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on 8 November to adjourn proceedings in case no. 1228/2021/Emergency State Security […]

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UN experts urge Egypt not to extradite two Eritrean detainees    

09/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: November 9, 2021   United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concerns about the detention of two Eritrean citizens in Al-Qanater prison by Egyptian […]

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