Tunisia: Military court hands 7-year sentence to blogger and human rights defender Nasr Al-dine El-Halimi

19/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 14, 2024   Tunisian blogger and human rights defender Nasr Al-dine El-Halimi has been handed a controversial seven-year prison sentence […]

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Tunisia: Lawyer alleges state surveillance of defense discussions in human rights defender Mariam Sassi’s case

19/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 14, 2024   Nafie al-Araibi, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, has accused Tunisian authorities of egregious violations, alleging […]

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Sudan: CFJ condemns arrest of relief activist Sheikh Al-Amin Omar, urgently calls for release

19/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 4, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned the recent arrest of Sheikh Al-Amin Omar, a prominent relief […]

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Tunisia: CFJ concerned about attempts to amend NGO law

18/03/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) is concerned about attempts by the political authority in Tunisia to control and restrict civil work within the country by […]

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Egypt: CFJ monitored another political detainee death in Minya prison

18/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 17, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored another death of a political detainee, Hassan Hussein Abdel Latif […]

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Tunisia: Journalist Ziad El Heni chooses not to appeal terrorism charges he faces, CFJ denounces targeting him

18/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 13, 2024   Tunisian journalist Ziad al-Heni, a prominent advocate for press freedom and journalists’ rights, has decided not to […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns renewal of pretrial detention for human rights activists, calls for release or fair trial

14/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 12, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the renewal of pretrial detention for six activists, including lawyers, […]

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Palestine: The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza as Conflict Enters Sixth Month”

13/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 11, 2024   In the sixth month of a devastating conflict in Gaza, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner […]

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Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry Urges Immediate Ceasefire as Unprecedented Violence Grips Syria, Warning of War Crimes and Humanitarian Crisis”

13/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 11, 2024   The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry revealed that Syria is currently grappling with an unprecedented surge in […]

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UN Experts Condemn Flour Massacre, Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

13/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 7, 2024   UN experts condemned the recent violence perpetrated by Israeli forces in Gaza, terming the incident as the […]

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Sudan: CFJ condemns arrest of human rights lawyer Riad Abdullah by Rapid Support Militia in Sudan

13/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 6, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses deep concern and condemnation over the recent arrest of prominent human […]

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Egypt: Article 55 coalition documents prison human rights abuses in February

13/03/2024

The organizations participating in the Article 55 Coalition stated that with the onset of February 2024, the effects of the economic crisis in Egypt have […]

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Egypt: security detains Ghazl El Mahalla workers cause of their Strike, and management issues dismissal warnings for them.

11/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 6, 2024   In a concerning development, the National Security in Gharbia, Egypt, has reportedly detained at least five employees […]

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Sudan: CFJ condemns attack on MSF center in central Darfur, urges unhindered aid delivery

11/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 5, 2024   Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) faced an attack on its center in Zalingei, Central Darfur, with two vehicles […]

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CFJ and African Defenders urge UN Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to condemn targeting and defamation of director at “Sinai Human Rights Foundation”

11/03/2024

Egypt – AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) and the Committee for Justice (CFJ) petition the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point […]

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