Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
We the undersigned 64 organizations from around the world call on the Egyptian authorities, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to take immediate action to end the […]
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Egyptian human rights organizations condemn Referring researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court and demand his unconditional release
June 1, 2021 The undersigned organizations condemn the referral of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at the Central European University in Austria (CEU), […]
20 months of successive violations against “Al-Baqer”.. There is no redress except by his immediate release
The undersigned organizations said that coinciding with the passage of 20 months since the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist, and director of the […]
For the second time, the Egyptian authorities ban researcher Walid Salem from traveling after the Public Prosecutor added him the travel ban list
27 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the banning of Walid Salem, a doctoral researcher at the University of Washington, from traveling for […]
First criminal trial internationally on torture in Egypt: Statement on the trial’s preliminary hearing addressing Italian student Giulio Regeni’s torture and murder.
Rome, 25 May 2021 Today the preliminary step for a trial in Rome against four senior Egyptian National Security Agency officials will be taken. The […]
Human rights organizations call on Egyptian authorities to stop trials of TikTok content creators and to guarantee freedom of expression
18 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the continued prosecution and trial of TikTok and Likee content creators, demanding that the Egyptian authorities […]
‘State of Exception’: New report exposes violations inside Egyptian detention facilities in January-March 2021
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has launched the second version of its periodical reports as part of its Detention Watch project, with the aim of […]
Egyptian rights groups demand an end to the Israeli attacks and apartheid
Joint statement, 16 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations said in a statement that the bloody violent incidents in the occupied Palestinian territories (East […]
Bachelet calls for calm in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel and for all parties to abide by international law
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for […]
The sowing of souls continues: Organizations condemning the execution of the death sentence against the monk Isaiah al-Maqari, ignoring requests for a pardon, and an investigation into his torture in order to make him confess
Joint statement 9 May 2021 The Stop the Death Penalty Campaign and the undersigned organizations express their deep condemnation and rejection of the execution of […]
Human rights organizations condemn medical neglect of human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan in Tora Prison and demand his release
8 May 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the prevention of health care to human rights lawyer Muhammad Ramadan, who is being held in […]
Rights groups condemn Egypt’s crackdown on the family of a detainee after their complaints about his torture and sexual assault
Joint statement, May 5, 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations strongly reject the move by Egyptian authorities to pursue family members of the detainee Abdul […]
Egypt: Government must end relentless attempt to “eradicate” independent civil society
The Egyptian government will convene an online panel discussion with United Nations member states on the 4th of May to discuss its national legal framework […]
Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 2021?
Joint statement, April 30, 2021 The Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt and the undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn and categorically reject […]
CFJ participates in a global UN questionnaire on human rights defenders in lengthy detention
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: April 27, 2021 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has participated in the global questionnaire published by […]
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