Egypt: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands immediate release of Zyad el-Elaimy and Louaya Abdel Halim

13/04/2022

After a request from the Committee for Justice, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion on the arrest of two members […]

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Regeni case in Italy: Extending the judicial process leads to further impunity for killers 

12/04/2022

Press release   Translated by Committee for Justice   Geneva: April 11 2022 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, stressed that […]

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Qatar: UN experts call for reform of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing law 

11/04/2022

News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: April 11, 2022 UN experts made several observations regarding Law No. 20 of 2019, regarding […]

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Syria: UN’s Bachelet calls for more international efforts to clarify the fate of the missing

10/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 10 April 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has welcomed […]

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Libya: UN criticizes anti-cybercrime law and calls for its withdrawal

07/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 UN experts have criticized the final version of the Libyan anti-cybercrime law, […]

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On its visit to Tunisia, UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture reveals that it has monitored serious problems despite the remarkable progress

07/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said Tunisia had made progress […]

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Northeastern Syria: UN concerned about the conditions of detention of boys 

06/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concerns about the overall […]

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UN demands to reveal the fate of a forcibly disappeared Sudanese activist and to release her immediately

06/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 UN experts express their serious concerns about the exposure of Sudanese human […]

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Halt the execution of of 16 men sentenced to death by an Emergency Court

06/04/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations called upon the the President of the Republic to halt the execution of the mass death sentences issued against 16 […]

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Iraq: UN experts express their concerns for the safety of an activist arrested in Basra and prosecuted over his views

05/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 April 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the arrest by the authorities in […]

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UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop handing over two Uyghur Chinese citizens to the Chinese government

05/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 April 2022 UN human rights experts have called on the government of Saudi Arabia […]

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South Sudan: UN report urges government to open up civic space, freedom of opinion and peaceful assembly

03/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 April 2022 The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, presented the […]

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Israel: UN experts renew their concerns about the continued detention of a young Palestinian man amid reports of his deteriorating health

03/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 April 2022 UN experts renewed their fears of the Israeli authorities’ arbitrary detention of […]

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Libya fact-finding mission says human rights violations and impunity impede transition to peace and democracy 

28/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: March 28, 2022  The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya affirmed that the continuation of […]

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Algeria: UN concerned about dissolution of NGO for participation in Hirak protests 

28/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: March 28, 2022  UN experts have expressed their concern about the information regarding the dissolution […]

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