South Sudan: UN experts urge political leaders to prioritise peaceful democratic transition 

19/02/2023

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: February 19, 2023  The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan stressed the need […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 2,238 human rights violations in last three months of 2022

27/01/2023

The last quarter of 2022 was replete with human rights violations committed by the Egyptian authorities. The abuses occurred in conjunction with the calls for […]

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Egypt: Crisis by design, a human rights report by independent Egyptian organizations to the UN

26/01/2023

The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, as confirmed by the mid-term report submitted by the […]

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International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer

24/01/2023

On January 24 every year, the world marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer to commemorate the killing of four lawyers and their colleague […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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