Egypt: CFJ Warns UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Deteriorating Conditions for Disabled Individuals in Detention Facilities and Prisons

03/02/2025

The “Committee for Justice” (CFJ) has stated that the attention given by UN mechanisms and the international community to the rights of persons with disabilities […]

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Egypt: CFJ Documents Political Detainees’ Hunger Strike in “10th of Ramadan” Prison and Calls for Positive Engagement with Their Legitimate Demands

16/01/2025

The “Committee for Justice” (CFJ) stated that the conditions in prisons and detention facilities in Egypt are witnessing continuous deterioration amidst systematic violations committed against […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for pressure on authorities to end escalating violations against political detainees in Borg El-Arab Prison in Alexandria  

24/09/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has said that violations inside prisons and detention centers in Egypt are increasing alarmingly, making it imperative for the international […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition urges legislative action against systematic recycling of cases

12/08/2024

The renewed arbitrary detention, also known as recycling of detention or charges, has become one of the methods and tools used by Egyptian authorities to […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns mass death sentences in Hilwan case

13/02/2024

The Egyptian Court of Cassation, in its session on January 24, 2024, headed by Judge Adel Al-Saeed Al-Kinani, sentenced seven people to death on terrorism […]

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Egypt: CFJ demands halt to ‘Heliopolis Cell’ death sentences, Urges review of terrorism laws

22/01/2024

The Committee for Justice has expressed grave concern following the recent confirmation of death sentences by the Egyptian Court of Cassation in the Heliopolis Cell […]

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Egypt: Former MP becomes fourth death documented by CFJ in May

01/06/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a new death case in detention centers in Egypt, involving a former member of the Egyptian Shura Council […]

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Committee for Justice participates in a symposium on torture and impunity in Egypt

04/04/2023

On the sidelines of the 52nd regular session of the Human Rights Council, CFJ director says Egypt denies torture at the UN not just domestically […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of a political detainee in Zagazig Police Station as a result of harsh detention conditions

31/01/2023

Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: January 29, 2023 The deceased detainee was Sameh Tolba Saleh Al-Zoq (53 years old). He had worked as a […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent probe into disappearance of French national

22/07/2022

The Committee for Justice calls for transparency in Egypt’s investigations into the disappearance of French national Yann Bourdon, who has been missing in Egypt for […]

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Egypt: New wave of executions against 7 defendants in political cases

11/03/2022

The international silence on human rights violations in Egypt, especially the right to life, made the authorities there continue to carry out mass death sentences […]

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EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech

27/10/2021

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]

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CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity

14/10/2021

As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]

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After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court

13/09/2021

The undersigned organisations condemn the decision of the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) to indict Patrick Zaki, the researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal […]

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Egypt: Confirmation of Rabaa death sentences another blow to the politicized justice system

16/06/2021

The undersigned campaigns and human rights organizations condemn the mass death sentences upheld earlier this week by the Cassation Court in the Rabaa Dispersal case, […]

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