CFJ bulletin on 3rd day of COP27: Digital surveillance, heckling Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister, and more detentions

08/11/2022

Continuous digital surveillance: Some activists participating in the conference complained about their fears of the COP27 application, run by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and […]

Read More

COP27 bulletin: Day 2 witnesses renewed calls for the release of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, low African representation, and arbitrary arrests

07/11/2022

On the second day of the UN climate summit COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the Committee for Justice documented a number of international and […]

Read More

Day 1 of COP27: Human rights situation during climate summit

06/11/2022

The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), has kicked off in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh. It is held from 6 to 18 November 2022, amid […]

Read More

Egypt: Belgian environment minister won’t participate in Cop27 over human rights 

28/10/2022

The Belgian politician and Flemish environment minister, Zohal Demir, has announced her intention not to physically attend the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), which will […]

Read More

Cop27: Greta Thunberg calls on Egypt’s President Sisi to release political prisoners 

24/10/2022

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 21, 2022 The prominent Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, has called on Egyptian authorities […]

Read More

Based on a complaint from CFJ, UN group says detention of four Egyptians ‘arbitrary’

11/10/2022

Communicating with various United Nations mechanisms is a strategic goal for the Committee for Justice (CFJ) to lift injustice against victims of human rights abuses […]

Read More

‘There is no environmental justice without a free civic space’: Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27

30/09/2022

Amelia Smith At last year’s Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, campaigners stormed the streets in their thousands, some smearing blood over themselves, others taking off […]

Read More

UN: Ukraine war cut funding for emergency care for victims of sexual violence in South Sudan

26/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 September 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in South Sudan said […]

Read More

Human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to close the investigation into the Mada Masr journalists’ case

15/09/2022

The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Attorney General to close Case No. 19 of 2022 (Cairo Appeal Investigations) involving four women journalists […]

Read More

UN experts warn Sudanese authorities against targeting a women’s rights defender over her cooperation with UN mechanisms

05/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 September 2022   UN experts have warned that intimidation and harassment of Sudanese human […]

Read More

UN Fact-Finding Mission in Libya urges the parties to the conflict to stop hostilities in Tripoli and protect civilians

03/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 1, 2022 The United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya urged all parties involved […]

Read More

Egypt: UN concerned about disappearance and trial of a Yemeni citizen, amid fears of his deportation to his country

01/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 1, 2022 UN experts have expressed their deep concerns about the arbitrary detention, enforced […]

Read More

Egypt: Immediately release ten Nubians arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for over two years and suspend their trial

29/08/2022

In the days before the slated 31 August sentencing of ten Egyptian Nubians detained in Saudi Arabia now for over two years, the undersigned rights […]

Read More

Sudan: UN concerned about grave human rights violations against anti-coup protesters

28/08/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 August 2022 UN experts have expressed concerns about allegations of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, […]

Read More

Egypt: Death of political detainee after inhumane detention conditions

18/08/2022

Edited and translated by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 18, 2022 On Thursday, August 18, 2022, the Committee for Justice documented the death of Imad […]

Read More