Sep 18, 2014
The ICJ has joined more than 150 other NGO in condemning the politically motivated arrest of human rights defender and co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Maryam Al-Khawaja on 30 August. She was eventually released today while trial ongoing and with travel ban.
In a letter to HM the King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the 155 organisations urged Maryam’s immediate and unconditional release, and called for an end to the ongoing clampdown on civil society.
The letter may be downloaded in full in PDF format here: Bahrain-JointLetterMaryam-Advocacy-open letters-2014-ENG
Sep 10, 2014 | News
The ICJ calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the 23 individuals, most of who are human rights defenders, arrested on 21 June 2014 in the context of a peaceful protest in Heliopolis, Cairo. All charges against them should be dropped.
Sep 9, 2014 | News
The ICJ today dismissed the adoption by the League of Arab States (LAS) of the Statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights as an empty gesture that will do nothing for the victims of human rights violations in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region.
Sep 2, 2014
The ICJ and other rights groups today sent an open letter to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member States of the League of Arab States (LAS) urging them to defer action on the adoption of the draft Statute of the proposed Arab Court of Human Rights (the Arab Court).
Aug 29, 2014
The International Commission of Jurists has joined other non-governmental organisations to urge the UN Human Rights Council to take action on the situation in Egypt.
The organisations urge the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution that clearly and unequivocally condemns the ongoing crackdown and increasing restrictions to basic freedoms in Egypt and calls upon the Government of Egypt to fully respect its human rights obligations and to ensure accountability and justice for past and ongoing gross human rights violations.
The letter is available for download in pdf format here: ICJ-UN-HRC-Egypt-OpenLetter-29082014.
