UN experts criticize UAE’s State Security for not protecting detainees against torture

17/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 July 2022 Members of the UN Committee Against Torture criticized the State Security Apparatus […]

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The case of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

14/07/2022

Felony/Misdemeanor number Case No. 1228 of 2021, Emergency State Security Misdemeanour, Fifth Settlement Case registration number Case No. 1365 of 2019 Supreme State Security The […]

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21 CSOs urge German Ministers to raise human rights and release of prisoners with Egypt’s Sisi ahead of COP27

14/07/2022

Dear Foreign Affairs Minister Baerbock and State Minister and Special Envoy Morgan, Ahead of the 18-19 July 2022 Petersberg Climate Dialogue, which you will co-chair […]

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COP27: 36 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO END CRACKDOWN ON CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS

13/07/2022

36 organizations urge Egyptian authorities to end the crackdown on civil society organizations and peaceful protests for a successful COP27 Egypt:  Statements on COP27 Imply […]

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Libya: Human Rights Council concludes its interactive dialogue with the Independent Fact-Finding Mission 

07/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 July 2022 The UN Human Rights Council has concluded its interactive dialogue with the […]

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Egypt: Three detainees die in the first days of July 

06/07/2022

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

04/07/2022

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 […]

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Egypt: Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy sentenced to 3 years in prison because of his women’s rights work 

04/07/2022

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 […]

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The case of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy

04/07/2022

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 […]

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Bachelet: More than 350,000 deaths documented in Syria since start of conflict 

03/07/2022

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 […]

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UN High Commissioner condemns killing of at least nine protesters in Sudan 

03/07/2022

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 […]

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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

30/06/2022

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 […]

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UN denounces Israel’s excessive use of force against Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem 

29/06/2022

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 […]

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Egypt: Death sentence for 10 defendants and life imprisonment for 56 others in the “Helwan Brigades” case

28/06/2022

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 […]

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Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer: 1000 days of arbitrary detention

23/06/2022

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 […]

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