Egypt: UN panel criticizes restrictive measures and laws faced by women’s rights defenders  

01/11/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 1, 2021 Members of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against […]

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Egypt: New Wadi al-Natrun prison an attempt to beautify, not reverse violations 

01/11/2021

Egypt’s launch of the new Wadi al-Natrun prison and its promotion of it to foreign and local observers is part of the state’s propaganda to […]

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Sister of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and parents of Regeni attack EU’s human rights policy towards Egypt

31/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 31, 2021 Mona Seif, human rights defender and sister of the detained Egyptian activist […]

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CFJ director criticizes EU’s approach towards Egypt’s human rights

28/10/2021

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 28, 2021 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) director Ahmed Mefreh criticizes the EU’s official view on the […]

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Following CFJ complaint: European Parliament Human Rights Committee is concerned about the appalling treatment of human rights defenders in Egypt

28/10/2021

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 28, 2021 Members of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee have expressed their deep […]

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EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech

27/10/2021

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]

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UN envoy visits Lebanon to examine government’s efforts to alleviate poverty

27/10/2021

News briefing Editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Media Center of the Human Rights Council in Geneva announced that the United Nations […]

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UN urges Saudi Arabia to halt execution of two citizens   

26/10/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: October 26, 2021   UN experts have expressed their concerns about the execution of two Saudi […]

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Bachelet describes Israel’s decision to classify Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist” organizations as an unjustified attack on Palestinian civil society

26/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 26, 2021  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed that […]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns Sudan coup and calls for restoration of democratic path

25/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 25, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned Monday’s […]

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UN experts call on Israel to release 5 hunger strikers or bring them to trial and stop administrative detention 

24/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 24, 2021  UN experts have expressed their grave concerns about the lives of five Palestinians who are on […]

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Joint statement: Regeni trial must continue despite Egypt’s failure to cooperate

20/10/2021

The signatory organizations express profound concern at the recent developments in the trial of Egyptian officials over the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni. The […]

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Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges

19/10/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed […]

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UN concerned about political pressure on the judiciary in Lebanon    

17/10/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice     Geneva: October 17, 2021    UN experts revealed that they had received information indicating an alleged political […]

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CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity

14/10/2021

As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]

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