CFJ calls on Egyptian authorities to stop renewing El-Sayed Moshagheb’s detention and demands his release

05/01/2024

Press release Editing: CFJ Geneva: January 4, 2024   The Committee for Justice documented the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt summoning El-Sayed Ali Fahim […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of a former Egyptian parliamentarian inside “Badr” Prison

04/01/2024

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 3, 2024   The Committee for Justice has documented the first case of death inside a detention […]

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Fears of Reprisals Against Algerian Human Rights Defenders for Cooperating with UN Entities

03/01/2024

Media release Geneva, 2nd Jan   United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concern over allegations of reprisals against Algerian human rights defenders who […]

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UN Report Raises Alarms on Worsening Human Rights Crisis in the West Bank, Urges Israeli Action

01/01/2024

Media release Geneva 28th Dec 2023   In a damning report released today by the United Nations, the human rights situation in the occupied West […]

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Alexandria Container Handling Co. Penalizes Union Activist for Social Media Critique post

01/01/2024

Media release Geneva 28th Dec 2023   The “Committee for Justice” monitored that the personnel affairs sector of the “Alexandria Container Handling Company” sanctioned the […]

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UN Expert Condemns Israel’s Actions in Gaza, Warns of Humanitarian Crisis

27/12/2023

media release Geneva: 26th Dec   In a stark condemnation, Paula Gaviria Betancur, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), […]

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Anti-democratic elections in Egypt: CFJ’s report on the final weeks of the 2023 election

26/12/2023

UN Calls for Immediate Investigation into the 2013 Tadamun Massacre in Syria

20/12/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 20th 2023   United Nations experts have expressed their deep concerns about allegations regarding the killing of […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents seven abuses in prisons in November 2023

18/12/2023

The Article 55 Coalition has documented seven different violations within detention centers and prisons in Egypt in the periodic report covering the period from November […]

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The EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of a strategic partnership with Egypt

15/12/2023

 We 14 NGOs urge the EU and its Member States to prioritize accountability and human rights reforms in ongoing negotiations for an EU strategic partnership […]

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CFJ documents violations against workers in Egypt in Labor Justice bulletin for September-October 2023  

15/12/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) highlighted numerous violations against workers in Egypt in its Labor Justice bulletin covering the period from September to October 2023. […]

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Egypt’s 2023 presidential race: CFJ’s briefing on the last week of campaigning

13/12/2023

CFJ welcomes the decision to postpone the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions’ adoption of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights and calls for downgrading its rating

12/12/2023

The Committee for Justice stated that the decision of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation, affiliated with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, to postpone […]

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CFJ paper highlights the challenges facing human rights lawyers under authoritarianism in Egypt

10/12/2023

Human rights lawyers in Egypt have become another target of crackdown by the government of President Abdelfattah el-Sisi, according to a new paper by the […]

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Egypt: Authorities must stop targeting independent news website Mada Masr

06/12/2023

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the summoning for investigation of Lina Atallah, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Mada Masr independent news website, by […]

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