In a press interview, CFJ director reveals the positive and negative effects of the January 25 revolution on the human rights community in Egypt

25/01/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 25, 2021 The executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said that the […] Read More

Egypt: New record in the implementation of the death penalty

17/12/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said Wednesday that Egyptian authorities implemented a record number of executions in the past two months amid international silence about […] Read More

The Giulio Regenis of Egypt: Deaths in custody in Egypt since 2013

10/12/2020

Press release: by Committee for Justice Geneva 10 December 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Thursday that it has documented a remarkable increase […] Read More

Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations

09/12/2020

Joint Statement This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary […] Read More

The Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms: Two years of arrest and repression 

02/12/2020

Press release By: Committee for Justice  Geneva: December 2, 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Wednesday that two years after authorities in Egypt […] Read More

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian women suffer increased repression

25/11/2020

Press Release Geneve: 25 November 2020 As the world celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian authorities are inflicting various forms […] Read More

On World Children’s Day, CFJ calls for saving Egypt’s detained children

20/11/2020

On World Children’s Day on November 20, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) organisation condemns Egypt’s utter disrespect for children’s rights, enshrined and prioritised in international […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

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 […] Read More

Egypt: Coronavirus cases in jails rise to 312 amid warnings of “herd immunity” policy

24/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […] Read More

Egypt: Coronavirus cases among detainees rise to 225 amid failure to contain the pandemic

17/07/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […] Read More

Egypt: Overcrowded prisons will become epicenters of coronavirus outbreak unless some detainees immediately released

27/03/2020

Joint Statement The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake of curbing the […] Read More

Egypt | UN experts denounce Morsi “brutal” prison conditions, warn thousands of other inmates at severe risk

09/11/2019

GENEVA (8 November 2019) The prison regime in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing […] Read More