CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now

24/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series […]

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UN experts criticize the continued imprisonment of Egyptian activists, including Oxygen and Patrick Zaki, and demand an end to the violations against them

23/02/2021

Country: Egypt News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 23, 2021 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave […]

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UN experts concerned about the death of 3 detainees in Egypt’s prisons due to health care denial

23/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 21, 2021 A group of UN experts sent a memorandum to the Egyptian authorities regarding the […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Egypt does not abide by international standards of fair trials

17/02/2021

A spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Yasmine Hajar, has emphasized that the principle of the right to a fair trial is one of […]

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UN experts concerned about torture of female detainees in Al-Qanater Prison in Egypt

16/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 16, 2021 UN experts confirmed that the serious human rights violations that women detained in Al-Qanater […]

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UN Group: Egypt’s arrest of human rights activist Ramy Shaath is arbitrary

15/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 15, 2021 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council confirmed […]

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Mefreh: Everyone in Egypt is targeted, including children

27/01/2021

Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 26, 2021   The executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that there are no red lines in Egypt now, and that everyone […]

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In a press interview, CFJ director reveals the positive and negative effects of the January 25 revolution on the human rights community in Egypt

25/01/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 25, 2021 The executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said that the […]

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Regeni case: In Egypt, no one is safe, says CFJ director

23/12/2020

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 22, 2020 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh, said […]

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Egypt: UN demand halting the execution of a monk tortured to confess to alleged crimes

21/12/2020

Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 21, 2020 UN experts have expressed their concern about the Egyptian authorities’ mistreatment of two members of […]

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Egypt treats detainees as hostages, uses them to bargain with Biden’s administration, says rights group director

15/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 15, 2020 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that Egyptian authorities are treating political detainees […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about use of terrorism courts to take revenge on Bahey El-Din Hassan and other human rights defenders

02/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 2 December 2020 A group of UN human rights experts have expressed their concern about Egypt’s […]

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UN concerned about harsh detention conditions of Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt and Tiktok women influencers

01/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 December 2020 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern over the harsh detention conditions […]

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UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats

27/11/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 27 November 2020 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arbitrary arrest of three […]

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UN High Commissioner Spokesperson: The arrest of three human rights defenders in Egypt is a “very worrying development”

24/11/2020

Press release:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 20, 2020 The Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said […]

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