Egypt: prison visit ban reimposed on lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim amid health concerns
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The administration of the Tenth of Ramadan Prison for Women in Sharqia, Egypt, has re-banned prison visit […]
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Egypt: Cairo Terrorism Court renews detention of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally despite repeated calls for his release
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The Cairo Terrorism Criminal Court has renewed the detention of human rights lawyer and coordinator of […]
Egypt’s Worst Decade for Human Rights Ten years of a war on the population under the guise of fighting terrorism
Ten years ago, on 24 July 2013, President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, then minister of defense, called on Egyptian citizens in a public speech “to give [Sisi] […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns renewal of detention for Human Rights Defender Moaz al-Sharqawi, amid denying lawyers access to investigation files
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The State Security Prosecution has decided to extend the detention of Moaz Najah Mansour al-Sharqawi, an Egyptian […]
CFJ launches ‘Labor Justice’ project to raise awareness of Egyptian workers’ rights
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that workers are the backbone of any economic system and a fundamental element in any political structure. Equal opportunities […]
Egypt: CFJ documents two more deaths in custody, toll hits 21 in 2023
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented two more deaths in Egyptian detention centers, bringing the total […]
Sudan: UN demands RSF to stop preventing proper burial of bodies and to halt ethnic discrimination
News briefing Translated and edited by: Justice Commission Geneva: July 13, 2023 The United Nations Human Rights Office in Sudan revealed that the bodies […]
Justice for HRDs bulletin: CFJ reports violations against Egyptian human rights defenders during first quarter of 2023
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 9th, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has released its quarterly report for the “Justice for Human Rights […]
Egypt: CFJ applauds presidential pardon for Mohamed el-Baqer and Patrick Zaki
New By: CFJ Geneva: July 19, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) welcomed news of the issuance of a presidential pardon in Egypt, for […]
Civil Society Organizations Condemn Sentencing of Egyptian Academic and Researcher Patrick George Zaki
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) […]
Egypt: CFJ issues Justice for HRDs bulletin for 2nd quarter of 2023
Press release, by CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 CFJ has issued its second quarterly bulletin (April to June 2023), as part of its Justice […]
Egyptian court extends activist Hala Fahmy’s detention, ignores reported violations
News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: July 12, 2023 The Consultation Chamber of the Badr Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prison […]
Egypt: CFJ documents 19th death in custody in 2023
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 9, 2023 The number of deaths inside detention facilities and prisons in Egypt has risen to […]
Egyptian court extends pretrial detention of rights defender Marwa Arafa, violating the law
News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: July 12, 2023 The Egyptian Criminal Court has ruled, in its session on July 10th, to […]
CFJ joins rights groups calling on UN mechanisms to intervene to stop violations of freedom of assembly in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: July 5, 2023 Several human rights organizations, including the Committee for Justice (CFJ), have called on United Nations mechanisms […]
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