Al-Sisi’s Visit to Brussels: No Red Carpet for Human Rights Violations
As EU officials prepare to welcome African heads of state for the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17-18 February, 2022, 6 NGOs call on EU […]
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Civil Society Organizations Call on the European Union to Withdraw its Joint Candidacy with Egypt to Chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum
In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled […]
Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
In a letter released ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 49th session (28 February-1 April 2022), a record number of 80 NGOs urge states to extend the mandate of […]
UN High Commissioner urges Tunisia’s President to restore work of Supreme Judicial Council and preserve its independence
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 8 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged […]
Conviction without trial
Egypt: ‘Conviction without trial’, 2021 yearly report by CFJ on Egypt’s ‘terror lists’ In CFJ’s latest report prepared by the Trial Watch team, and entitled […]
UN concerned about continued use of lethal force and violations against Sudanese demonstrators
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 February 2022 UN human rights experts have expressed their concerns to both the Prime […]
UN condemns convictions and conditions of detention of Algerian human rights defender
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 February 2022 UN experts have indicated that the conditions of arrest and conviction of […]
UN experts visit South Sudan to support steps to implement revitalized peace agreement
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 6, 2022 On Monday, February 7, 2022, the members of the United Nations Commission […]
Joint statement: Participation of UN Secretary-General in Youth Forum provided cover for el-Sisi regime
Egypt’s World Youth Forum, held on 10-13 January 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh “under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”, stands in stark contrast with […]
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Biden Administration’s Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient
Following the January 30 deadline, the Biden administration decided that it will reprogram $130 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) originally […]
UN concerned about arbitrary arrest and violations against human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 1, 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the alleged arbitrary arrest and […]
UN warns of escalation of conflict in Yemen and its effects on civilians after Saudi bombing of a detention center
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 30, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of the […]
Egypt: After CFJ complaint, UN takes action regarding the detention of 4 human rights defenders
The Committee for Justice said that the issuance of a UN memorandum by a group of United Nations human rights experts regarding the continued detention […]
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Egypt: On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, leaked video proves torture is systematic
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemns the ongoing torture epidemic perpetrated by the security agencies in Egypt, following leaked videos of detainees being tortured in […]
Egypt: Quash verdicts and stop unjust trials by emergency courts
We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, […]
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