UN Committee urges Saudi authorities to release Loujain Al-Hathloul and other detainees

05/11/2020

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 […]

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UN experts express concern on Covid-19 risks for detained Egyptian human rights defenders

07/10/2020

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 […]

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International demands to reveal the cause of death of Shady Habash in his prison cell in Egypt, and assurances that his death was “arbitrary”

25/09/2020

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 […]

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UN: Report of the Secretary-General to monitor acts of intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders

17/09/2020

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 […]

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UN human rights experts warn of the risk of prolonged detention of human rights defenders in Egypt amid COVID-19 pandemic

25/08/2020

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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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights announces names of Fact-Finding Mission on Libya

19/08/2020

Geneva 19th of August 2020 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced on Wednesday the appointment of the members of the […]

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UN rapporteurs express grave concerns over the arrest of 5 activists by the Egyptian government

07/08/2020

UN experts have expressed grave concern about the pre-trial arrest and detention by the Egyptian government of prominent human rights activists and trade union leaders. […]

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Two ‘positive’ cases of detainees in Husayniyya and 10th of Ramadan (Sharqiyya) and 3 other suspected cases

09/06/2020

Committee for Justice has verified the death of a remand detainee in Tora (Investigation) prison, located in Tora Prisons’ Complex in southern Cairo, after being […]

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Death of a detainee suspected of contracting the Coronavirus, and positive test of another case

08/06/2020

Death of detainee ‘Hasan Ziyadah’ after being suspected of contracting Coronavirus Committee for Justice (CFJ) announced the death of a detainee in AlMahallah AlKoubra Police […]

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