Egypt: Flagrant human rights abuses documented in Badr Prison Complex
Inmates at the new Badr Prison Complex in Egypt are living in abusive conditions reminiscent of the notorious Scorpion Prison, despite a government campaign to […]
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South Sudan: UN experts urge political leaders to prioritise peaceful democratic transition
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 […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns the arrest of 3 vloggers, demands end to indiscriminate terrorism charges
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 31, 2023 Since Sunday, Egyptian authorities have arrested three vloggers on charges of joining a terrorist group […]
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer
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 […]
CFJ: Egypt committed 503 human rights violations over call for 11/11 protests
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
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, […]
COP27 daily bulletin: Alaa Abdel Fattah ends hunger strike, Germany warns of Egyptian surveillance, and two forcibly disappeared citizens reappear
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 […]
COP27: On day 9, UN probes allegations of ‘surveillance’ by Egyptian police, detentions continue, and Alaa Abdel Fattah writes letter to family
On the 9th day of the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Committee for Justice documented a number of limited protests by climate […]
COP27 bulletin: Bloomberg says Egypt summit ‘Most Chilling of Climate Talks’, and Alaa Abdel Fattah’s lawyer denied access to prison
Below is an overview of the latest updates regarding the COP27 summit currently held in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh. Accommodation problems: A Bloomberg report shed light […]
Day 6 of COP27: Egypt tightens security measures for fear of protests, and Biden stresses importance of human rights
The sixth day of COP27 coincided with the 11/11 plan for protests, as called for by a number of Egyptian opposition activists abroad. The call […]
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CFJ expresses solidarity with Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo who was barred from entering Egypt to attend COP27
The Committee for Justice on Thursday denounced Egypt’s deportation of Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, the Deputy Director of International Programmes at the Danish […]
COP27 bulletin: Day 5 witnesses a stand in white in support of prisoners of conscience in Egypt
Meanwhile, visits to Alaa Abdel Fattah have been banned amid African and UN statements of condemnation, and a human rights defender is barred from entering […]
COP27 bulletin: On day 4, Egypt government supporters attack family of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, while arbitrary arrests continue and a death sentence is approved
The press conference by Sana Seif, the sister of detained activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, held on Tuesday, has cast a shadow over the activities of the […]
Egypt: CFJ denounces arrest of human rights lawyer Ahmed el-Helou
Egyptian security forces detained human rights lawyer Ahmed el-Helou from his home in the Fifth Settlement area in Cairo on Sunday, 6 November 2022, after […]
CFJ bulletin on 3rd day of COP27: Digital surveillance, heckling Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister, and more detentions
Continuous digital surveillance: Some activists participating in the conference complained about their fears of the COP27 application, run by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and […]
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