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 experts welcome the reversal of death sentences of three Saudi minors, urge their release

02/07/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 3 March 2021 UN human rights experts have welcomed Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to commute […]

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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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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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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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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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UN condemnation of the right-wing extremist attacks against Palestinians in Israel

02/06/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 2 June 2021  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Affairs, Fernand de Varennes, condemned […]

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UN experts condemn Egypt’s execution of a Coptic after his conviction based on an alleged forced confession

31/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: May 30, 2021  United Nations human rights experts have condemned the execution by the Egyptian authorities of […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Regeni’s case reflects the violations committed against Egypt’s society as a whole

30/05/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice    Geneva, May 30, 2021    The spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said […]

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UN Child Rights Committee urges Israel, Palestine and the international community to provide immediate support to children  

30/05/2021

News briefing:    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 30, 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations […]

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UN Human Rights Council forms a commission to investigate the violations committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

30/05/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 30 May 2021 The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution establishing an international commission […]

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First criminal trial internationally on torture in Egypt: Statement on the trial’s preliminary hearing addressing Italian student Giulio Regeni’s torture and murder.

25/05/2021

Rome, 25 May 2021 Today the preliminary step for a trial in Rome against four senior Egyptian National Security Agency officials will be taken. The […]

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