We reject the execution of seven people charged with killing a police officer, and we call on the international community to press for the end of executions in Egypt

29/07/2020

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has carried out the death penalty issued against seven defendants in case No. 6771 of 2013, after they were convicted […]

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Egypt: Coronavirus cases in jails rise to 312 amid warnings of “herd immunity” policy

24/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […]

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Egypt: Coronavirus cases among detainees rise to 225 amid failure to contain the pandemic

17/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […]

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Coronavirus deaths in Egypt jails rise to 15 after one more case recorded in Zagazig

09/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the continued increase of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Egyptian prisons and detention facilities amid the continued failure […]

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Human rights organizations call for shelving the investigation with the editor-in-chief of “Al-Manassa”     

04/07/2020

The undersigned organizations condemn in the strongest terms the arrest of Nora Younis, editor-in-chief of Al-Manassa website, after the security forces raided the headquarters of the website, […]

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Egypt: Detainee dies of coronavirus in a maximum-security prison, conditions worsen at another prison in 10th of Ramadan City

03/07/2020

Committee for Justice (CFJ) confirms that the detainee Saeed Ghobashi Muhammad Amir, 58, has died in his cell at the maximum-security Gamasa prison in northern […]

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Rights defender Ahmed Amasha re-arrested, forcibly disappeared for second time

01/07/2020

The undersigned human rights organisations denounce the arrest and disappearance by Egyptian authorities of trade unionist and human rights defender Ahmed Amasha, after his family […]

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