Tunisia: joint paper on the Specialized Criminal Chambers published
The ICJ today joined the Association des Magistrats Tunisiens (AMT), Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in publishing a paper entitled No Reconciliation...
View ArticleLawyers for Lawyers and the ICJ call for the dropping of baseless charges...
Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the ICJ condemn the spurious charges under the Anti-Money Laundering brought against Ugandan lawyer and human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo and call for them to be...
View ArticleEgypt: TikTok girls’ criminal convictions a profound travesty of justice
Egyptian authorities must immediately quash the convictions of Hanin Hossam and Mawadda Al-Adham and immediately and unconditionally release the two “TikTok girls,” the ICJ said today. هذا البيان...
View ArticleEgypt: NGOs call for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts and fate of...
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued disappearance of dentist and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Al-Naggar, on its 1000th day, and call on the Egyptian...
View ArticleEgypt: Law 71 an assault on the right to a public trial and on freedom of...
Egyptian authorities must repeal the newly enacted Law 71, which criminalizes media coverage and other reporting on criminal trials, in a flagrant violation of the right to a public trial and the right...
View ArticleMoldova: ICJ Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has made a submission to the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Moldova. The ICJ’s submission raises concerns regarding the...
View ArticleTunisia: Judiciary must act as a check on President’s power grab
An independent and impartial judiciary must hold in check President Kais Saied’s arbitrary exercise of power, the international Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. هذا البيان الصحفي متوفر باللغة...
View ArticleCambodia: Mass convictions of opposition politicians and human rights...
Yesterday’s mass convictions of opposition party members and human rights defenders on spurious charges should be overturned and the legal provisions used to prosecute them should be repealed or...
View ArticleTunisia: End wave of arbitrary arrests targeting critics and opposition members
The Tunisian authorities must cease all ongoing abusive, politicized judicial proceedings aimed at cracking down on government critics, the International Commission of Jurists said today. يمكنكم قراءة...
View ArticleVietnam: Journalist Nguyen Lan Thang’s criminal conviction is a gross...
Following the conviction today of journalist Nguyen Lan Thang on spurious charges, the ICJ has called on the Vietnamese judiciary to quash the conviction and immediately and unconditionally release...
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