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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Following a complaint by CFJ, UN experts condemn continued detention of a member of Quranist minority in Egypt 

22/01/2022

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 20 2022 UN experts condemned the arrest, enforced disappearance and continued detention of a member of […]

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Lebanon: UN requests investigation into threats against lawyer and human rights defender for his support for Syrian refugees 

19/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 19, 2022 United Nations human rights experts have called on the Lebanese authorities to explain the measures […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about life-threatening health condition of former presidential candidate Aboul Fotouh  

18/01/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: January 13, 2022  UN experts have expressed their deep concern about the the life-threatening health condition of former Egyptian presidential candidate, Dr. Abdel […]

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UN concerned about deteriorating health condition of imprisoned Bahraini human rights defender Abduljalil Al-Singace

18/01/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 18 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the deteriorating health of imprisoned Bahraini human rights […]

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Human Rights Strategy in Egypt?

17/01/2022

CFJ: Third quarterly report of 2021 (July to September) Announcing the Egyptian “Human Rights Strategy”, a complete separation from the reality of prisons and detention […]

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Tunisia: UN High Commissioner condemns human rights violations

13/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 11, 2022 The Ssokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell, emphasized […]

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Egypt: Presidential pardon demanded following verdict upholding imprisonment of human rights defender Amal Fathy

13/01/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the ruling on 11 January  by the Egyptian Court of Cassation upholding the imprisonment of human rights  defender Amal […]

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New court hearing for Regeni’s trial, amid Italy’s relentless efforts to notify the Egyptian perpetrators 

10/01/2022

 News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 10, 2022 The judges in the trial of the killers of the Italian graduate student, Giulio Regeni, […]

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EGYPT: AUTHORITIES MUST REPEAL THE OUTRAGEOUS NGO LAW

10/01/2022

In response to reports that the Egyptian government has decided to delay by six months the deadline requiring civil society organisations (CSOs) to register under […]

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Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees

04/01/2022

The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]

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UN concerned that a former Jordanian official was tortured during his interrogation

04/01/2022

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 3, 2021 UN experts have expressed their grave concerns about allegations that a former Jordanian official, Basem Awadallah, was […]

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