Egypt: ill-treatment and arbitrary measures trigger new hunger strike at Istiqbal Tora prison

14/10/2020

Joint statement: The undersigned human rights organizations categorically reject the continued policy of humiliation practiced by Egyptian authorities against detainees, especially political prisoners. Such policy […] Read More

Two new coronavirus deaths in Egypt’s jails as number of cases rise to 331

07/08/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […] Read More

Egypt: Coronavirus cases in jails rise to 312 amid warnings of “herd immunity” policy

24/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […] Read More

Egypt: Coronavirus cases among detainees rise to 225 amid failure to contain the pandemic

17/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […] Read More

Coronavirus deaths in Egypt jails rise to 15 after one more case recorded in Zagazig

09/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the continued increase of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Egyptian prisons and detention facilities amid the continued failure […] Read More

Egypt: Detainee dies of coronavirus in a maximum-security prison, conditions worsen at another prison in 10th of Ramadan City

03/07/2020

Committee for Justice (CFJ) confirms that the detainee Saeed Ghobashi Muhammad Amir, 58, has died in his cell at the maximum-security Gamasa prison in northern […] Read More

During the pandemic

18/06/2020

Committee for Justice issues a report on human rights violations inside the Egyptian Places of Detention in March-April 2020 amid the outbreak of Coronavirus  Committee […] Read More

Egypt: Public Prosecutor and Minister of Interior must disclose names and numbers of Covid-19 cases in Egyptian detention facilities

15/06/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations condemn the response of the Egyptian government towards the plight of detainees inside the country’s prisons and other detention […] Read More

Two ‘positive’ cases of detainees in Husayniyya and 10th of Ramadan (Sharqiyya) and 3 other suspected cases

09/06/2020

Committee for Justice has verified the death of a remand detainee in Tora (Investigation) prison, located in Tora Prisons’ Complex in southern Cairo, after being […] Read More

Death of a detainee suspected of contracting the Coronavirus, and positive test of another case

08/06/2020

Death of detainee ‘Hasan Ziyadah’ after being suspected of contracting Coronavirus Committee for Justice (CFJ) announced the death of a detainee in AlMahallah AlKoubra Police […] Read More

“Corona Meter” A new platform by ‘Committee for Justice’ to follow up with the spread of Covid-19 pandemic inside prisons and Egyptian places of detention.

22/05/2020

‘Corona Meter’ is a new platform that works on disseminating data and information obtained by CFJ by merits of its work on monitoring detention centers […] Read More

The death of the first detainee suspected of being infected with the Corona virus in Hahya Police station

18/05/2020

Committee for Justice calls upon the Egyptian Interior and Health ministries to reveal the truth about infections, and suspected infections, with COVID-19 inside a number […] Read More