CFJ director: Human rights violations in the MENA region are due to lack of political will, not shortage of laws

09/07/2021

News briefing Written and translated by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 30 June 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, participated in […]

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UN concerned about excessive use of force and arrests of Hirak protesters in Algeria  

01/07/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 28 June 2021   UN human rights experts have raised concerns about allegations of arrests, bans […]

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UN concerned about excessive use of force against protesters in Tunisia and the restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly

01/07/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 28 June 2021     United Nations human rights experts have indicated that the excessive use […]

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Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability

28/06/2021

Coinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the undersigned independent human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s systematic practice of torture […]

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Call for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts and fate of former parliamentarian, Mustafa Al-Naggar, after 1,000 days of enforced disappearance

25/06/2021

The undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued disappearance of dentist and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Al-Naggar, on its 1000th day, and call on […]

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Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison

23/06/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State […]

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UN Calls For The Release Of 3 Human Rights Defenders In Bahrain And An Investigation Into Their Allegations Of Torture

23/06/2021

News briefing:  Translation and Editing by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: June 22, 2021  A UN expert has called on Bahrain to immediately release three human rights defenders, who are suffering […]

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UN concerned about increasing attacks on Syrian refugees in Lebanon amid failure of the authorities to halt them

22/06/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, 22 June 2021 A group of human rights experts at the United Nations expressed their […]

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Egypt’s Law 71: An unconstitutional step designed to expand the state’s grip on information

21/06/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending some provisions of the Penal Code, published in the Official Gazette on […]

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Tunisia: UN expert praises democratic progress since Revolution, says more needed for LGBT persons 

18/06/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 18 June 2021  A UN human rights expert on Friday acknowledged the steps taken by Tunisiasince […]

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Yemen: UN concerned about continuing impact of fighting on civilians in Marib  

18/06/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 18 June 2021   The Spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell, has expressed […]

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Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end

16/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative […]

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Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case

15/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Court of Cassation’s 14 June verdict upholding the death sentence against twelve leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in […]

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UN rapporteur calls on UAE government to release five human rights defenders    

11/06/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: 10 June 2021    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]

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One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

03/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies […]

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