Conviction without trial
Egypt: ‘Conviction without trial’, 2021 yearly report by CFJ on Egypt’s ‘terror lists’ In CFJ’s latest report prepared by the Trial Watch team, and entitled […]
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Joint statement: Participation of UN Secretary-General in Youth Forum provided cover for el-Sisi regime
Egypt’s World Youth Forum, held on 10-13 January 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh “under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”, stands in stark contrast with […]
Human Rights Strategy in Egypt?
CFJ: Third quarterly report of 2021 (July to September) Announcing the Egyptian “Human Rights Strategy”, a complete separation from the reality of prisons and detention […]
CFJ: Egypt failed to deal with Covid-19 inside detention centers and prisons
The spike in Covid-19 infections in Egyptian prisons between March 2020 and August 2021 indicates Egypt’s failure to confront the pandemic in its detention facilities, […]
‘We decided to close the investigation’
‘We decided to close the investigation’: Mechanisms of complaint and reporting of human rights violations in Egypt in the first half of 2021 In Egypt, […]
Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure
[November 24, 2021] Secretary of State Antony Blinken CC: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Near East Yael Lempert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns Sudan coup and calls for restoration of democratic path
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 25, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned Monday’s […]
CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity
As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]
EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI
Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]
Egypt’s executions frenzy continues in second quarter of 2021
Authorities in Egypt have intensified executions between April and June 2021, amid international inaction and a US desire to place political and economic interests above […]
Egypt does not need more prisons
The undersigned organizations and campaigns condemn statements by the Egyptian President Abdelfattah el-Sisi, who has denied the existence of human rights violations in Egypt while […]
Egypt: Human rights catastrophe results from lack of political will, not lack of a national strategy to whitewash reality
Respect for human rights in Egypt – where the most fundamental rights to life, bodily integrity, and justice are violated by state institutions and agencies […]
After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court
The undersigned organisations condemn the decision of the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) to indict Patrick Zaki, the researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal […]
Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect
The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons in Egypt is evidence of the level of neglect that these detention centres and prisons […]
Egypt: Changing prison authority’s name is ‘propaganda’ as rights violations continue
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior’s decision to change the name of the Prisons Authority to the Community Protection Authority will do nothing to change the fact […]
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