Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure

24/11/2021

[November 24, 2021] Secretary of State Antony Blinken CC: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Near East Yael Lempert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, […]

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UN concerned about disappearance and forcible deportation of an Algerian refugee from Tunisia 

23/11/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 23, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the disappearance and the allegations […]

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UN condemns Bahrain’s expulsion of Omani resident for exercising her right to freedom of opinion and expression

22/11/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 22 United Nations human rights experts denounced the position of the Bahraini authorities regarding […]

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UN experts denounce Egypt’s expulsion of asylum-seeking Eritrean family in violation of principle of non-refoulement 

21/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about the forcible return […]

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Bachelet condemns the excessive use of force against protesters in Sudan  

21/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has condemned […]

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn exceptional sentence given to Elelaimy, Moanes, Fouad, and others and urge president not to ratify it

17/11/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the shameful ruling issued today 17 November by the Emergency State Security Court, to five years in prison and […]

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UN Women’s Rights Committee issues its findings and recommendations on Egypt, South Sudan and Yemen 

16/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 16, 2021 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued on […]

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Egypt: US Advocate’s Father Held Incommunicado

15/11/2021

Egyptian authorities have held Salah Soltan in incommunicado detention since June 2020, in conditions that amount to enforced disappearance and may amount to torture or other […]

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UN expert: Lebanese government has failed its people and plunged country into extreme poverty 

14/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 14 November 2021 The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De […]

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Egypt: Stop the farce trial of 10 Egyptian Nubians before the Saudi Specialized Criminal Court

11/11/2021

After the Specialized Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia decided to postpone for two months the trial of ten Egyptian Nubians, who have been detained by […]

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Egypt: Rights groups condemn infringement of right to fair trial for Alaa Abd El Fattah, Mohammed al-Baqer, and Mohammed Oxygen

10/11/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn the decision by the Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on 8 November to adjourn proceedings in case no. 1228/2021/Emergency State Security […]

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UN experts urge Egypt not to extradite two Eritrean detainees    

09/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: November 9, 2021   United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concerns about the detention of two Eritrean citizens in Al-Qanater prison by Egyptian […]

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UN calls on Saudi Arabia to take measures to prevent human trafficking and open investigations into exploitation of Vietnamese girls recruited as domestic workers  

05/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: November 4, 2021   UN human rights experts have called on Saudi Arabia and Vietnam to crack […]

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UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session on the repercussions of the current situation in Sudan  

05/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: November 5, 2021     The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva will hold a […]

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UN condemns arbitrary detention of Egyptian citizens and prolonged detention of human rights defenders 

02/11/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 2, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their concerns about the continued arbitrary […]

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