UN concerned about increasing attacks on Syrian refugees in Lebanon amid failure of the authorities to halt them

22/06/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, 22 June 2021 A group of human rights experts at the United Nations expressed their […]

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Egypt’s Law 71: An unconstitutional step designed to expand the state’s grip on information

21/06/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending some provisions of the Penal Code, published in the Official Gazette on […]

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Tunisia: UN expert praises democratic progress since Revolution, says more needed for LGBT persons 

18/06/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 18 June 2021  A UN human rights expert on Friday acknowledged the steps taken by Tunisiasince […]

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Yemen: UN concerned about continuing impact of fighting on civilians in Marib  

18/06/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 18 June 2021   The Spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell, has expressed […]

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Egypt: Confirmation of Rabaa death sentences another blow to the politicized justice system

16/06/2021

The undersigned campaigns and human rights organizations condemn the mass death sentences upheld earlier this week by the Cassation Court in the Rabaa Dispersal case, […]

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Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end

16/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative […]

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Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case

15/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Court of Cassation’s 14 June verdict upholding the death sentence against twelve leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in […]

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UN rapporteur calls on UAE government to release five human rights defenders    

11/06/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: 10 June 2021    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]

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One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

03/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies […]

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UN condemnation of the right-wing extremist attacks against Palestinians in Israel

02/06/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 2 June 2021  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Affairs, Fernand de Varennes, condemned […]

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Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment

02/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of those detained in the Hope Coalition case (case no. 930 of 2019) and for the dismissal […]

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Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms

02/06/2021

We the undersigned 64 organizations from around the world call on the Egyptian authorities, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to take immediate action to end the […]

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Egyptian human rights organizations condemn Referring researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court and demand his unconditional release

01/06/2021

June 1, 2021 The undersigned organizations condemn the referral of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at the Central European University in Austria (CEU), […]

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UN experts condemn Egypt’s execution of a Coptic after his conviction based on an alleged forced confession

31/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: May 30, 2021  United Nations human rights experts have condemned the execution by the Egyptian authorities of […]

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20 months of successive violations against “Al-Baqer”.. There is no redress except by his immediate release

31/05/2021

The undersigned organizations said that coinciding with the passage of 20 months since the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist, and director of the […]

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