Egypt: Three detainees die in the first days of July
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 July 2022 The Committee for Justice has documented the deaths of three detainees inside […]
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Egypt: Comprehensively close the NGO Foreign Funding Case
The undersigned human rights organizations demand a genuine and comprehensive closure of Case no. 173 of 2011, known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, and […]
Egypt: Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy sentenced to 3 years in prison because of his women’s rights work
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 4 July 2022 Egypt’s Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on Monday issued a new ruling […]
The case of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy
Misdemeanors/Criminal case number No. 774 of 2021 Misdemeanor, First Settlement Case registration number No. 877 of 2021, Supreme State Security Name of the case in […]
Bachelet: More than 350,000 deaths documented in Syria since start of conflict
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 July 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said that […]
UN High Commissioner condemns killing of at least nine protesters in Sudan
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 July 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed her […]
Joint statement: Human rights organizations reject the Criminal Court’s upholding of the Public Prosecution’s decision to close the investigation into Ayman Hadhoud’s death
30 June 2022 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the decision issued by Circuit 28 of the New Cairo Criminal Court on 23 June 2022 […]
UN denounces Israel’s excessive use of force against Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 29 June 2022 UN experts expressed their grave concerns about recent reports of excessive use […]
Egypt: Death sentence for 10 defendants and life imprisonment for 56 others in the “Helwan Brigades” case
Press release Editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 June 2022 The First Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court, held at the Tora Police Institute […]
Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer: 1000 days of arbitrary detention
June 23, 2022 – Human rights defender Mohamed El-Baqer must be released immediately and unconditionally, stated 19 human rights organisations. His detention is arbitrary, aimed […]
Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent UN probe into murder of economist Hadhoud
The Committee for Justice said that under the pretext of fighting terrorism, the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has effectively given officials at […]
UN concerned about Israel’s suppression of Bedouin protests in Negev
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 21, 2022 UN experts expressed their deep concern about the information they received regarding […]
Egypt: Three men detained over TikTok mosque singing video on charges of ‘spreading false news’
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 20, 2022 The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has concluded its investigations with 3 young men […]
CFJ urges Sudan to stop deporting Egyptian dissidents to Cairo
The Committee for Justice last week documented the deportation of 11 Egyptian nationals by Sudanese authorities from Khartoum to Cairo. Those deported included women and […]
UN denounces Israel’s arrest and conviction of Palestinian aid worker
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 19, 2022 United Nations human rights experts denounced the conviction of an aid worker […]
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