Detention of Amal Fathy is state retribution for exercising the right to free speech

14/05/2018

Joint Statement The undersigned human rights organizations condemn arrest of Amal Fathy on May 11th and call for her immediate release. Egyptian state security forces […]

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Stop execution of death sentences rendered by special trials lacking the minimum guarantees of justice

28/03/2018

Joint Statement Geneva 28 March 2018 The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the decision of the Supreme Military Court of Appeals issued on Monday 26 March […]

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independent Egyptian Rights NGOs: Eliminating Prospects of Peaceful Transfer of Power Risks Pushing Egypt to the Verge of a Precarious Transformation

21/03/2018

Geneva 21 March 2018 In a memo sent on Tuesday, March 13th, seven independent Egyptian rights organizations warned the UN Secretary-General of the alarming deterioration of the […]

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Egypt: Announcing the campaign to end the death penalty

12/03/2018

Geneva 12 March 2017 We, the undersigned human rights defenders, are appalled by the unprecedented use of the death penalty in Egypt. Under the current […]

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Egypt |The European Parliament calls on Egypt to suspend the death penalty and refrain from using it for counterterrorism purposes

09/02/2018

Cairo-Geneva 8 February 2018 The undersigned rights organizations emphasize that the “unprecedented violations perpetrated by the Egyptian authorities are intensifying the frequency and severity of […]

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Human rights organizations condemn the continued execution of death sentences against civilians through military and anti-terrorism trials, and demands the respect of law and human rights

01/02/2018

After sending a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations: Human rights organizations condemn the continued execution of death sentences against civilians through military […]

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Rights groups call on UN Secretary General to pressure Egyptian government to halt executions, welcome independent UN experts’ condemnation of the latest sentences

29/01/2018

Geneva,Cairo 29 January 2018 Press Statement In a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, 13 independent rights organizations urged the UN to immediately […]

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Egypt: Four months of enforced disappearance of two young men in Beni Suef.

30/11/2017

Geneva 30 November 2017 Egypt project -Detention Watch “Committee for Justice” calls upon relevant Egyptian authorities to reveal where victims of enforced disappearance are imprisoned […]

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Call for action to condemn the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on freedom of expression

24/11/2017

To: His Excellency Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva-Dublin-Cairo 24 November 2017 Mr High Commissioner, We, the undersigned organisations, […]

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Egypt: The constitutional court’s ruling regarding military trials for civilians is a first step not an end

14/11/2017

Egypt: The constitutional court’s ruling regarding military trials for civilians is a first step not an end Geneva, 14th November 2017 Egypt Project Military trials […]

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Egyptian Authorities Arrest and conceal 10 Family Members of “Helwan brigades” escaped Prisoner to constrain him.

07/11/2017

Geneva, 7 November 2017 Egypt Project Detention Watch “Committee for Justice” documented the arrest and enforced disappearance of 10 family members of an escaped prisoner […]

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Ibrahim Hijazi: Lawyer for Enforced Disappearance Victims Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement and Subjected to Torture

02/10/2017

Geneva: 2 October 2017 Egypt project: Detention Watch Ibrahim Abdel Moneim Metwally Hijazi was arrested and detained at the National Security Premises in Abbassia, Cairo […]

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Detainee falls into a coma because of medical negligence in Borg Al Arab Prison

26/09/2017

Geneva September 26, 2017 Egypt project – Detention Watch Hossam Hassan Wahby Hassan is 39 years old and married with 3 children. On 11 August 2017, […]

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United Nations: Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia retaliate against human rights defenders

25/09/2017

Geneva 21st of September 2017 Human Rights Council Monitor “Committee for Justice” said the Report no. (A_HRC_36_31) issued by the Secretary General of the United […]

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Saudi Arabia: Novel wave of arbitrary arrests against a number of public figures through the new oppressive arm of “State Security Apparatus”

15/09/2017

Geneva 14 September 2017 Gulf and Yemen project “Committee for Justice” – a human rights organization based in Geneva – said it is following with […]

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