Regeni case: In Egypt, no one is safe, says CFJ director
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 22, 2020 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh, said […]
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Egypt: UN demand halting the execution of a monk tortured to confess to alleged crimes
Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 21, 2020 UN experts have expressed their concern about the Egyptian authorities’ mistreatment of two members of […]
Egypt treats detainees as hostages, uses them to bargain with Biden’s administration, says rights group director
News briefing: Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 15, 2020 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that Egyptian authorities are treating political detainees […]
Egypt: UN concerned about use of terrorism courts to take revenge on Bahey El-Din Hassan and other human rights defenders
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 2 December 2020 A group of UN human rights experts have expressed their concern about Egypt’s […]
UN concerned about harsh detention conditions of Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt and Tiktok women influencers
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 December 2020 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern over the harsh detention conditions […]
UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 27 November 2020 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arbitrary arrest of three […]
UN High Commissioner Spokesperson: The arrest of three human rights defenders in Egypt is a “very worrying development”
Press release: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 20, 2020 The Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said […]
UN High Commissioner Spokesperson reveals reports of violations and abuses in Idlib, western Syria
Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 22, 2020 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, announced that the Office of the […]
UN concerned over mass executions and unfair trials in Iraq amid calls for an “immediate” halt to executions
Press release: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 21, 2020 A number of UN human rights experts expressed their concerns over reports […]
UN Human Rights Council reviews Libya’s human rights record
Press release: By: Committee for Justice (CFJ), Geneva, November 6, 2020 The UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will review, for […]
UN Committee urges Saudi authorities to release Loujain Al-Hathloul and other detainees
Press release Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 5, 2020 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has expressed its grave […]
UN experts express concern on Covid-19 risks for detained Egyptian human rights defenders
Press release: Translation and editing by CFJ Geneva, 29 September 2020 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their deep concern about […]
International demands to reveal the cause of death of Shady Habash in his prison cell in Egypt, and assurances that his death was “arbitrary”
Three UN Special Rapporteurs expressed their grave concern about the death of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash in his prison in early May, and the failure […]
UN: Report of the Secretary-General to monitor acts of intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that it welcomes the report of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on the acts of intimidation and reprisals […]
UN human rights experts warn of the risk of prolonged detention of human rights defenders in Egypt amid COVID-19 pandemic
UN human rights experts have warned that the prolonged and unnecessary pre-trial detention of dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders exposes them to a serious […]
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