Crimes of abducting human rights defenders won’t go unpunished

16/11/2020

Crimes of abducting human rights defenders won’t go unpunished… The Public Prosecutor must immediately release EIPR’s administrative manager Cairo: 16 November 2020 The undersigned human […]

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Human rights organizations call on Egypt’s government to end internet censorship and website blocking

04/11/2020

The undersigning human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian authorities’ blocking of at least 600 websites since May 2017 including media, political and human rights platforms. […]

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Egypt: Days before a verdict in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, government’s vindictive use of terrorism charges against peaceful critics denounced by human rights organizations

22/10/2020

The undersigned human rights organizations call for charges to be dismissed in the trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza, whose verdict is scheduled for October 26th. […]

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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 […]

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CFJ condemns Egypt’s use of the death penalty in new court verdicts

07/10/2020

press release: CFJ, Geneva, 29 September 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Tuesday that the verdicts issued today by Egypt’s Cassation Court in the […]

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UN experts express concern on Covid-19 risks for detained Egyptian human rights defenders

07/10/2020

Press release: Translation and editing by CFJ Geneva, 29 September 2020 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their deep concern about […]

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Egypt: New ‘record’ campaign of executions against detaineesii

06/10/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) organization said that it has received information from several sources that Egyptian authorities in recent days have executed 15 political detainees: 2 of […]

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CFJ demands release of activist Alaa Abd El- Fattah and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on 1st anniversary of their arrest

30/09/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that it rejects the Egyptian authorities’ continued detention of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, and human rights activist, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, on the first anniversary of their arrest. […]

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Egypt: Government must stop arbitrary arrests and respect freedom of expression

21/09/2020

The undersigned human rights organizations renew their demand for the Egyptian government to respect the rights of free expression and privacy, and for state security […]

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CFJ demands investigation into the death of political prisoner Amr Abu Khalil

09/09/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemned the death of the detainee Dr. Amr Abu Khalil at the maximum-security of Aqrab (part of the Tora prison complex) in Egypt’s capital Cairo, as an extrajudicial killing.  Abu Khalil passed away on Sunday 6 […]

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Egypt: Public prosecution must fulfil its role in conducting independent investigations, not state security investigations

07/09/2020

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce and call for an immediate end to the Egyptian government’s relentless retaliatory campaign targeting opposition, political activists, human rights […]

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CFJ: Egypt’s sentencing of Bahey Eldin Hassan is part of a systematic campaign against human rights advocates

25/08/2020

Press Statement The Committee for Justice (CFJ) rejects the court ruling issued on Tuesday against human rights advocate Mr Bahey Eldin Hassan, the director of […]

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UN human rights experts warn of the risk of prolonged detention of human rights defenders in Egypt amid COVID-19 pandemic

25/08/2020

UN human rights experts have warned that the prolonged and unnecessary pre-trial detention of dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders exposes them to a serious […]

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CFJ welcomes UN’s appointment of Libya fact-finding mission

21/08/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) welcomes the announcement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, of the names of the members of the […]

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CFJ: Egypt’s new prison visit regulations exacerbate suffering of detainees

18/08/2020

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has announced the resumption of visits to all public prisons and penitentiaries across the country, in accordance with specific controls […]

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