Sudan: Report by CFJ and Nazra for Feminist Studies calls on Fact-Finding Mission to take immediate action on rights violations

09/09/2024

Khartoum, Sudan – July 31, 2024: In light of the escalating human rights crisis in Sudan, the Committee for Justice and Nazra for Feminist Studies […]

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Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability  

09/09/2024

The Committee For Justice (CFJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – […]

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Egypt: Reforming arbitrary pretrial detention requires political will over legal formalities

26/08/2024

The recent initiatives undertaken by the Egyptian authorities to amend the maximum duration of pretrial detention are futile if not coupled with measures to end […]

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Human Rights Organizations’ Report to the UN Universal Periodic Review.. Egypt: Whitewashing Campaigns Fail to Conceal Human Rights Crisis

22/08/2024

Ten Egyptian human rights organizations submitted a joint report on the human rights situation in Egypt, in preparation for the fourth session of the Universal […]

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Tunisia: CFJ condemns arrest warrant against Sihem Ben Sedrine, and demands an end to arbitrary actions against her

19/08/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has expressed strong condemnation of the recent issuance of an arrest warrant against Sihem Ben Sedrine, the former president of […]

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Human Rights Organizations Condemn Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists, and Warn of Widening Press Freedom Violations  

07/08/2024

7 August 2024 The undersigned organizations condemn the repeated security crackdown on and prosecution and enforced disappearance of journalists only for practicing their journalistic duties. […]

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Committee for Justice and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Submit Report to UN Universal Periodic Review

15/07/2024

Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, United States [July 15, 2024] – The Committee for Justice (CFJ) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) have jointly submitted […]

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Egypt: Rights groups renew call to downgrade National Council for Human Rights for lack of independence

11/07/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ), MENA Rights Group and the Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) submitted an evaluation report to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation […]

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Joint NGO letter on the EU’s macro-financial assistance to Egypt and human rights

13/06/2024

We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, urge the European Commission and member states to uphold international and EU law to ensure […]

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Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers  

11/06/2024

The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing […]

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Joint Statement: Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin” 

05/06/2024

41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin”, under […]

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Egypt: Tantawi Arrested in Court to Serve a Prison Sentence for Challenging President Sisi in 2023 Elections

29/05/2024

On 27 May, an Egyptian Court of Appeals upheld a February 2024 sentence issued by the Matareya Misdemeanors Court against Ahmed al-Tantawi and 22 of […]

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Egypt: Immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist Mohamed Adel

08/05/2024

Joint Statement   The 80 undersigned human rights organizations reiterate their call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist and […]

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Egypt: 2,000 days of arbitrary detention for human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim    

29/04/2024

The undersigned human rights organizations and the FreeHoda Campaign condemn the prolonged arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim for more than […]

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NGOs petition UN working group to rule Moroccan activist’s detention as arbitrary

03/04/2024

Washington, DC and Geneva, Switzerland – Committee for Justice, Freedom House, and MENA Rights Group have jointly petitioned the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary […]

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