Egypt: Public prosecutor sued over Mahienour El-Masry travel ban; CFJ urges constitutional adherence

06/09/2023

News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: September 6, 2023 Egyptian political activist and human rights lawyer, Mahienour El-Masry, has filed a lawsuit in the Administrative Court […]

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Egypt: CFJ expresses solidarity with Hisham Kassem during his hunger strike and calls for his immediate release

06/09/2023

Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: September 6, 2023   Publisher, journalist, and former president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, […]

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CFJ denounces Egypt’s response to UN regarding Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s detention conditions

03/09/2023

Press Release Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: September 3rd, 2023   The Egyptian authorities responded to the United Nations memorandum regarding the arrest and […]

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Egypt:  Immediately Release Prodemocracy Advocate Hesham Kassem and Cease the Targeting of Peaceful Dissidents

01/09/2023

Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Egyptian prodemocracy dissident and press publisher Hesham Kassem, as his detention stems from the exercise of his freedom […]

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CFJ documents 25th death inside Egyptian detention centers.. Son of former MP dies shortly before scheduled release

31/08/2023

Press Release Written by: CFJ Geneva, August 31, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a new death case of a political detainee inside […]

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Egypt:  Civil Society “Foreign Funding” Case Remains Unclosed

30/08/2023

On 22 August 2023, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) issued a statement announcing the dismissal of criminal cases against 75 of the organizations investigated […]

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On International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.. CFJ Calls on Egypt to Join the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to stop this systematic practice

30/08/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that enforced disappearance constitutes a violation of human rights that extends beyond the disappeared individual to impact their family […]

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UN experts concerned over alleged use of Israeli spyware to surveil human rights defenders

28/08/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: August 28, 2023 UN experts have expressed concerns about the use of surveillance technology […]

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Egypt: CFJ denounces crackdown on publisher and human rights activist Hisham Kassem

27/08/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that as the date of the presidential elections in Egypt approaches, expected to be held in early 2024, there […]

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Egypt: Recent arbitrary practices show no intent to improve human rights situation or release political prisoners

25/08/2023

The undersigned organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ targeting of the family of journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gamal Ziada, the arrest of his 58-year-old […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents new death of a political detainee in Gamasa prison, Dakahlia Governorate

24/08/2023

Press release Geneva: August 20, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documents a new death case in Egypt of the political detainee, Mahmoud Abd […]

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CFJ condemns detention of father of activist Fagr el-Adly, calls for an end to targeting families of human rights defenders

24/08/2023

Enforced disappearance and German pressures: Egyptian security authorities detained citizen Alaa Al-Din Saad Mohammed el-Adly (59 years old), the father of political activist Fagr el-Adly, […]

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Egypt: Iron and Steel company workers stage protest for fellowship fund rights

23/08/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 23, 2023   Retired workers from the Iron and Steel Company staged a second protest on […]

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Egypt: Head of the General Authority for Adult Education in Egypt threatens workers with persecution

21/08/2023

News briefing by Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 August 2023   CFJ has condemned the threats issued by the head of the executive body of […]

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Egypt renews detention of two human rights lawyers despite end of their pre-trial detention period

21/08/2023

Written by CFJ Geneva 16 August 2023   On August 14, 2023, the Second Circuit (Terrorism) of the Cairo Criminal Court, during its session held […]

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