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Detention Justice Press Releases

Here you can read all the press releases from the Detention Justice project

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

The UN postpones its regional conference in Egypt on the crime of torture

22/08/2019

Human rights organizations: Egypt should be denied hosting the conference due to its record of torture crimes Egyptian rights groups, signatories to this statement, wish […]

Egypt: 20 Rights NGOs call on President Macron to denounce Egypt’s human rights record during the G7 meeting

22/08/2019

It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the […]

Following the arbitrary arrest of 28 women, Committee for Justice submits a complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

08/08/2019

Press release Committee for Justice Geneva, 8 August 2019 Committee for Justice submitted a complaint with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of […]

Three urgent UN appeals addressing the Egyptian government based on complaints submitted by “Committee for Justice”

06/08/2019

The appeals warn of the continued arrests and enforced disappearances, with the absence of a climate of safety in Egypt. Demands by the UN to […]

Egypt: Aboul-Fotouh’s life in critical danger from prolonged medical neglect in prison

04/07/2019

The undersigned organizations warn that prominent opposition politician Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh will soon meet the grim fate of former president Mohamed Morsi, unless there […]

“Stop the slow murder” .. A campaign to save the arbitrarily detained in Egyptian prisons

21/06/2019

We call on the Human rights Council to intervene immediately Committee for Justice calls on the international community to take action and to activate independent […]

Egypt: Medical neglect in prisons a tool of the Sisi government to kill its opponents, Morsi will not be the last victim

19/06/2019

Rights groups demand Red Cross be permitted to inspect conditions in Egyptian prisons Joint Statement The death of former president Mohamed Morsi exposes one of […]

Committee for Justice gets UN support for the case of human rights defender “Ezzat Ghoneim”

07/05/2019

– A UN Working Group condemns the Egyptian government’s procedures against human rights defenders under the pretext of fighting terrorism. – The Working Group on […]

Egypt: Rights groups condemn latest surge in executions following unfree and unfair trials

15/02/2019

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ latest spate of executions, with three people executed by hanging on February 13 and another three people […]

Egypt: 43 days after former MP’s disappearance, state denies knowledge of his fate while emphasizing his fugitive status

21/11/2018

The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the location and fate of Dr. Mustafa Al Naggar, a former member of […]

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