UN experts call on Saudi Arabia to disclose the fate of an Australian preacher extradited from Morocco

18/05/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 18, 2021 United Nations experts call on the Saudi authorities to reveal the fate […]

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Human rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to stop trials of TikTok content creators and to guarantee freedom of expression

18/05/2021

18 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the continued prosecution and trial of TikTok and Likee content creators, demanding that the Egyptian authorities […]

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Bachelet calls for calm in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel and for all parties to abide by international law  

18/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 15, 2021     The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for strict […]

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‘State of Exception’: New report exposes violations inside Egyptian detention facilities in January-March 2021

17/05/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has launched the second version of its periodical reports as part of its Detention Watch project, with the aim of […]

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Egyptian rights groups demand an end to the Israeli attacks and apartheid

16/05/2021

Joint statement, 16 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations said in a statement that the bloody violent incidents in the occupied Palestinian territories (East […]

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Bachelet calls for calm in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel and for all parties to abide by international law

15/05/2021

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for […]

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UN High Commissioner Spokesman: ‘Israel must allow and guarantee the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and assembly’

11/05/2021

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: May 11, 2021  The spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Robert Colville, said […]

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UN experts denounce Israel’s “brutal” handling of the protests in Jerusalem, urge an end to the evictions

11/05/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 11, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about Israel’s […]

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The sowing of souls continues: Organizations condemning the execution of the death sentence against the monk Isaiah al-Maqari, ignoring requests for a pardon, and an investigation into his torture in order to make him confess

10/05/2021

Joint statement 9 May 2021 The Stop the Death Penalty Campaign and the undersigned organizations express their deep condemnation and rejection of the execution of […]

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Human rights organizations condemn medical neglect of human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan in Tora Prison and demand his release

10/05/2021

8 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the prevention of health care to human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan, who is being held in […]

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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Israel to halt forced evictions of Palestinians from Jerusalem

09/05/2021

News briefing:    Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 9, 2021    The spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]

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Rights groups condemn Egypt’s crackdown on the family of a detainee after their complaints about his torture and sexual assault

05/05/2021

Joint statement, May 5, 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations strongly reject the move by Egyptian authorities to pursue family members of the detainee Abdul […]

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Egypt: Government must end relentless attempt to “eradicate”  independent civil society

04/05/2021

The Egyptian government will convene an online  panel discussion with United Nations member states on the 4th of May  to discuss its national legal framework […]

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Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 2021?

30/04/2021

Joint statement, April 30, 2021 The Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt and the undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn and categorically reject […]

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CFJ participates in a global UN questionnaire on human rights defenders in lengthy detention

30/04/2021

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: April 27, 2021 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has participated in the global questionnaire published by […]

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