mmurad, Author at Committee for Justice

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Egypt: Fourth quarterly bulletin documents Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s hunger strike and violations against defenders and lawyers

24/01/2023

The Committee for Justice has released the fourth bulletin of the Human Rights Defenders Watch project, which documented violations against human rights defenders from October […]

After CFJ complaints, UN calls on Egypt to release politician Aboul Fotouh and provide him immediate access to health care

18/01/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 18, 2023 UN human rights experts call on the Egyptian authorities to ensure adequate […]

UN reacts to CFJ’s complaints on the detention, disappearance and torture of Egyptian human rights defender Ahmed Amasha

16/01/2023

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 16, 2023 UN experts have expressed grave concerns about the repeated enforced disappearance, torture, […]

Research paper: Activism of human rights defenders in the Egyptian diaspora

10/12/2022

While some human rights defenders carry out their peaceful activism under authoritarian regimes, some of them may choose or be forced to seek refuge abroad […]

Egypt: Rights Groups Call for the Release of an Egyptian-American Citizen Arrested in Dubai

09/12/2022

The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest of Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman in the UAE, amid fears of deporting him to Egypt. We call on the […]

Egypt: CFJ third 2022 quarterly report documents 1,453 human rights violations

30/11/2022

In its third quarterly report for the year 2022, the Committee for Justice documented 1,453 human rights violations in Egyptian prisons and detention centers. The […]

The European Union flag in the European Parliament in Strasbourg [European Parliament/Flickr]

European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis

24/11/2022

12 regional, international and Egyptian CSOs welcome the European Parliament’s plenary debate on Egypt’s human rights situation and EU policy toward the country, with Commissioner […]

CFJ: Egypt committed 503 human rights violations over call for 11/11 protests

22/11/2022

The Committee for Justice has documented 545 violations of human rights perpetrated by Egyptian authorities since October in the crackdown that coincided with the UN […]

Prison bars at Colchester Castle [William Warby/Flickr]

Egypt: CFJ documents deaths of four detainees, including former MP, in first two weeks of November

21/11/2022

Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: November 17, 2022 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the deaths of four detainees, including a former MP, […]

Egypt: Sexual assault of detainee Omar Ali in Badr Prison denounced by human rights organizations

16/11/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sexual assault of Omar Mohamed Ali inside his place of detention on 2 October 2022, by members of […]

COP27 daily bulletin: Alaa Abdel Fattah ends hunger strike, Germany warns of Egyptian surveillance, and two forcibly disappeared citizens reappear

15/11/2022

With the start of the 10th day of Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, a number of participants gathered and chanted slogans calling for stopping the use […]

COP27: On day 9, UN probes allegations of ‘surveillance’ by Egyptian police, detentions continue, and Alaa Abdel Fattah writes letter to family

14/11/2022

On the 9th day of the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Committee for Justice documented a number of limited protests by climate […]

COP27 bulletin: Bloomberg says Egypt summit ‘Most Chilling of Climate Talks’, and Alaa Abdel Fattah’s lawyer denied access to prison

13/11/2022

Below is an overview of the latest updates regarding the COP27 summit currently held in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh. Accommodation problems: A Bloomberg report shed light […]

Day 6 of COP27: Egypt tightens security measures for fear of protests, and Biden stresses importance of human rights

11/11/2022

The sixth day of COP27 coincided with the 11/11 plan for protests, as called for by a number of Egyptian opposition activists abroad. The call […]

Cairo International Airport Arrivals [Wikipedia]

CFJ expresses solidarity with Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo who was barred from entering Egypt to attend COP27

10/11/2022

The Committee for Justice on Thursday denounced Egypt’s deportation of Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, the Deputy Director of International Programmes at the Danish […]

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