EGYPT: 74 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE RESEARCHER AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY

14/04/2021

We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been […]

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Justice Watch Archive: A new era of monitoring human rights violations in Egypt

30/03/2021

Justice Watch Archive In the launch webinar for the Justice Watch Archive on Monday, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that since its establishment, those […]

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CFJ director: Egypt’s crackdown on journalists is an attack on the first line of defence for truth 

25/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 25 March 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said […]

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Egypt: Rights groups demand immediate release of activist Sanaa Seif

16/03/2021

16 March, 2021 Joint press release In conjunction with the trial session of the Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand […]

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Joint Statement on Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

12/03/2021

Geneva, March 12, 2021) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning […]

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On International Women’s Day: Women in Egypt live an unjust reality, and face a dark future

08/03/2021

On the occasion of International Women’s Day () on 8 March, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that Egyptian women are subjected to an unprecedented […]

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Egypt: Archaic Amendments to Personal Status Law Undermine Women’s Rights

04/03/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of Representatives […]

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Release Manar to join her child

01/03/2021

On the 9th of March 2019 a family was abducted by security forces from their home in Alexandria. The family included the father Omar Abdel […]

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Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society

25/02/2021

25 February 2021 The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as […]

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Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families End Hostage-Like Arrests

19/02/2021

(Beirut, February 19, 2021) The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a […]

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Egyptian authorities weaponize acts of reprisal to silence human rights advocates, academics, and their families

17/02/2021

On Sunday 14 February, National security forces raided the house of human rights advocate Mohamed Sultan’s cousins and uncles and arrested one of them. A […]

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Egypt: Enforced disappearance of lawyer Islam Salama condemned by rights organizations amid calls on the Ministry of Interior to implement his release

17/02/2021

17 February 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by the Egyptian government’s constant abuse of lawyer Islam Salama, who has been forcibly […]

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Report on the violations in Case No. 2 of 2020/Central Cairo/Emergency State Security (Mamdouh Hamza case)

15/02/2021

Press statement: Mamdouh Hamza case Report on the violations in Case No. 2 of 2020/Central Cairo/Emergency State Security, registered under No. 4148 of 2020, Felonies/Qasr […]

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Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers

12/02/2021

12 February 2021 The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central […]

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Egypt | Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action

10/02/2021

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue  (Geneva – February 9, 2021) Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah […]

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