UN rights chief urges government of South Sudan fulfill its international obligations, protect civilians and ensure accountability

13/03/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 7, 2023 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said that […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents fifth death in custody in 2023

13/03/2023

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 8, 2023   The Committee for Justice has documented the fifth death case in 2023 of a […]

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Egypt: Rights groups reject unjust verdicts against ECRF, demand an end to targeting civil society

08/03/2023

We, the undersigned Egyptian rights groups, reject the unjust verdicts handed to 31 people on Sunday, including prison sentences against human rights defenders and lawyers. […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns sexual harassment of a female political detainee

06/03/2023

Press release Geneva: February 26, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemns the sexual harassment of Egyptian political prisoner Aya Kamal El-Din Hussein by a […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents third death in custody in first two months of 2023

06/03/2023

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 27, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented a new death inside a detention center in Egypt, […]

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Egypt: Release Prison Population Figures

28/02/2023

(Beirut, February 28, 2023) – The Egyptian authorities should increase transparency by making essential figures about the country’s detainee population public, nine organizations said today. […]

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Egypt: Flagrant human rights abuses documented in Badr Prison Complex

23/02/2023

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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Open letter condemning the extradition of Hassan al-Rabea from Morocco to Saudi Arabia

20/02/2023

February 13, 2023   Mr. Aziz Akhannouch Head of Government of Morocco Prime Minister’s Office Touarga, Rabat CC: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and […]

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Egypt: Rights Groups Call for the Release of an Egyptian-American Citizen Arrested in Dubai

09/12/2022

The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest of Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman in the UAE, amid fears of deporting him to Egypt. We call on the […]

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European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis

24/11/2022

12 regional, international and Egyptian CSOs welcome the European Parliament’s plenary debate on Egypt’s human rights situation and EU policy toward the country, with Commissioner […]

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CFJ: Egypt committed 503 human rights violations over call for 11/11 protests

22/11/2022

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: Sexual assault of detainee Omar Ali in Badr Prison denounced by human rights organizations

16/11/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sexual assault of Omar Mohamed Ali inside his place of detention on 2 October 2022, by members of […]

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CFJ expresses solidarity with Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo who was barred from entering Egypt to attend COP27

10/11/2022

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 […]

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Prominent Italian Human Rights Activist Banned from Entering Egypt to Participate in COP27

10/11/2022

On 10 November 2022, Egyptian authorities denied human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, an Italian national and Deputy Director for International Programs at DIGNITY and a […]

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Egypt: CFJ denounces arrest of human rights lawyer Ahmed el-Helou

09/11/2022

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 […]

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