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Region and country Archives: Middle East and North Africa

The ICJ denounces ongoing civil society crackdown through Egypt’s abuse of counter-terrorism measures

The ICJ denounced today the ongoing civil society crackdown through Egypt’s abuse of counter-terrorism measures at the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism. The statement reads as follows: “Madam Special Rapporteur, Despite Egypt’s formal lifting of the state of emergency, its authorities are responsible […]

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Egypt: Quash convictions punishing legitimate exercise of human rights 

The convictions by the Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) of 30 defendants, 16 of whom are in custody, including members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), solely for the lawful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly must be quashed and those imprisoned must be immediately and unconditionally […]

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Joint letter: UN Human Rights Council should ensure meaningful follow-up on the human rights situation in Libya

6 March 2023 UN Human Rights Council should ensure meaningful follow-up on the human rights situation in Libya Your Excellency, In July 2022 the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted resolution 50/23 extending the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFM) “for a final, non-extendable period of nine months, to present […]

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