Egypt: Zyad el-Elaimy’s blatantly unfair trial by the Emergency State Security Court
Despite the formal lifting of the “state of emergency” on 25 October 2021, the Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) continues to be used by Egyptian authorities as a tool to crackdown on dissent and the legitimate exercise of human rights fundamental freedoms, the International Commission of Jurists and the Egyptian Commission on Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) said today.
Egypt: torture victims’ guilty verdicts and long prison terms are an outrageous travesty of justice
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately quash the convictions of torture victims who were convicted of “terrorism-related” charges and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from five years to life as punishment for exposing their ordeal and their torturers.
Prominent Italian Human Rights Activist Banned from Entering Egypt to Participate in COP27
On 10 November 2022, Egyptian authorities denied human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, an Italian national and Deputy Director for International Programs at DIGNITY and a member of the executive committee of EuroMed Rights, entry to Egypt and required him to leave Cairo International Airport on a flight to Paris, France.
Tunisia: ICJ urges the authorities to halt attacks on the rule of law and address the concerns raised during the Universal Periodic Review
The ICJ calls on the Tunisian authorities to accept the recommendations made by various UN Member States during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), and urgently address the acute rule of law crisis in the country.
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