UN High Commissioner urges Tunisia’s President to restore work of Supreme Judicial Council and preserve its independence 

09/02/2022

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 8 2022  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged […]

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Conviction without trial

08/02/2022

Egypt: ‘Conviction without trial’, 2021 yearly report by CFJ on Egypt’s ‘terror lists’ In CFJ’s latest report prepared by the Trial Watch team, and entitled […]

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UN concerned about continued use of lethal force and violations against Sudanese demonstrators 

07/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 7 February 2022  UN human rights experts have expressed their concerns to both the Prime […]

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UN condemns convictions and conditions of detention of Algerian human rights defender 

07/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 7 February 2022  UN experts have indicated that the conditions of arrest and conviction of […]

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UN experts visit South Sudan to support steps to implement revitalized peace agreement  

06/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 6, 2022 On Monday, February 7, 2022, the members of the United Nations Commission […]

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Joint statement: Participation of UN Secretary-General in Youth Forum provided cover for el-Sisi regime

04/02/2022

Egypt’s World Youth Forum, held on 10-13 January 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh “under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”, stands in stark contrast with […]

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Biden Administration’s Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient

01/02/2022

Following the January 30 deadline, the Biden administration decided that it will reprogram $130 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) originally […]

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UN concerned about arbitrary arrest and violations against human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia 

01/02/2022

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 1, 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the alleged arbitrary arrest and […]

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UN warns of escalation of conflict in Yemen and its effects on civilians after Saudi bombing of a detention center    

30/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 30, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of the […]

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Egypt: After CFJ complaint, UN takes action regarding the detention of 4 human rights defenders  

28/01/2022

The Committee for Justice said that the issuance of a UN memorandum by a group of United Nations human rights experts regarding the continued detention […]

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Egypt: On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, leaked video proves torture is systematic

27/01/2022

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemns the ongoing torture epidemic perpetrated by the security agencies in Egypt, following leaked videos of detainees being tortured in […]

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Egypt: Quash verdicts and stop unjust trials by emergency courts

27/01/2022

We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, […]

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UN worried about situation of civilians in Syria’s Al-Hasakah, after prisoners affiliated with ISIS escaped from prison 

25/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 January 2022 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, stressed that the […]

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Algeria: UN concerned about prison sentence against Christian citizen on charges of insulting Islam 

25/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 January 2022 UN experts expressed their concerns about the conviction of an Algerian citizen named Hamid Soudad (42 years […]

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High Commissioner Spokesperson expresses her grave concern over continuing escalation in Yemen 

22/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 18 2022 Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, expressed her grave concern over the continued escalation of […]

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