CFJ addresses Egypt’s dire human rights situation in a panel discussion at the UN Human Rights Council

03/10/2023

Press Release Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: October 3, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) organized a panel discussion on the sidelines […]

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CFJ hosts side event during 54th regular session of Human Rights Council on human rights in Egypt and mirage of reform

02/10/2023

Press release Written by: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: September 20, 2023   On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, the Committee for Justice is organizing a […]

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Egypt: CFJ first quarterly report documents 1415 human rights violations in 2023

27/09/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has released its first quarterly report for 2023. The report highlighted that Egypt witnessed an escalation of repression coinciding with […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents second suicide attempt in custody in September

26/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: 26th September 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has reported a second suicide attempt in the month […]

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CFJ urges Egypt’s authorities to reveal whereabouts of elderly woman forcibly disappeared over pleas for son’s release

25/09/2023

The Committee for Justice has urged the Egyptian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of an elderly woman who forcibly disappeared due to her continuous demands […]

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Egypt: CFJ denounces trial of lawyer and rights advocate Osama Mohamed Morsi in connection with new cases that occurred during his detention

24/09/2023

Press Release Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 24, 2023   The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has investigated the lawyer and […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents a new death in detention center due to poor detention conditions and medical negligence

21/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 19, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a new death inside an Egyptian detention […]

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Egypt: Sentencing of Hesham Kassem confirms National Dialogue is a farce,as repeatedly warned by rights groups

19/09/2023

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sentencing of prominent dissident Hesham Kassem on 16  September to six months in prison and an EGP 20,000 […]

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Committee for Justice: Galal El Behairy’s suicide attempt a distressing indicator of dire conditions for political detainees in Egypt    

19/09/2023

The Committee for Justice has expressed grave concerns over the escalating number of suicide attempts among those political detainees in Egypt. CFJ believes this disturbing […]

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Egypt: New CFJ paper documents extremism in prisons and methods to confront it

18/09/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) highlighted in a new research paper how extremism is cultivated within Egyptian detention centers and prisons, and explores ways to […]

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Egypt: 10th of Ramadan Prison reinstates visitation ban on Hoda Abdel Moneim; CFJ demands adherence to prison regulations

17/09/2023

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 17, 2023   The Committee for Justice has reported that the administration of the 10th of Ramadan […]

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CFJ documents 28th death in custody in 2023 of a political detainee in Toukh prison, Al Qalyubia, Egypt

17/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 17, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the 28th death inside detention centers in […]

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Egypt: Hisham Kassem suspends hunger strike, CFJ commends his decision and urges judicial neutrality

15/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023   Publisher, journalist, and former president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, as well […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for release of workers’ rights defender Sameh Zakaria and an end to pretrial detention for activists

13/09/2023

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023   The Cairo Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prisons Complex, has renewed the detention […]

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After CFJ’s reports about his disappearance, fate of Teachers’ Movement founder revealed

13/09/2023

News briefing Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023   Sources close to the Egyptian authorities have disclosed the fate of Mohamed […]

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