Egypt: Unjust conviction of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief marks serious escalation in media crackdown
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) strongly condemns the conviction and sentence of Lina Attalah, Editor-in-Chief at Mada Masr, on 27 October 2026, on a charge of operating a website without a licence, along with the order for the closure of Mada Masr, one...
Thailand: Three draft anti-SLAPP laws must deliver comprehensive protection
Three legislative proposals to counter strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are now under consideration in Thailand. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomes this progress, but urges the Thai authorities to ensure that any anti-SLAPP...
Egypt’s Matsda2sh case: end the crackdown on media workers with fake “terrorism” charges
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) strongly condemns the Egyptian authorities’ arbitrary arrest, detention and prosecution of the entire editorial team of the independent fact-checking platform Matsda2sh, under the “Counter-Terrorism” Law, on...
Joint Letter: Addressing Human Rights Abuses During Vietnam’s To Lam’s Visit
Dear President Costa and President von der Leyen, We are writing to urge you to raise grave concerns over the Vietnamese government’s intensifying repression during the upcoming visit to Brussels of To Lam, Vietnam’s President and Communist Party General Secretary....
Czech Republic: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child finds that immigration detention of children violated the prohibition of arbitrary detention and ill-treatment
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recently delivered a landmark decision in a case involving immigration detention of children. In Jas.K.B. and Others v the Czech Republic (communication No. 193/2022), the Committee found that the State party had violated the rights of two sisters under articles 3 and 37(a) and (b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, guaranteeing the child best interests principle and their freedom from torture or other ill-treatment and from arbitrary detention, respectively. The Committee’s decision reaffirms the obligations of States towards migrant children. The ICJ, the AIRE Centre, the Dutch Council for Refugees and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) had intervened in the case by filing a legal brief with the Committee.
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