Egypt: New record in the implementation of the death penalty
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 […]
Detention Justice Press Releases
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The Giulio Regenis of Egypt: Deaths in custody in Egypt since 2013
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 […]
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
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 […]
The Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms: Two years of arrest and repression
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 […]
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian women suffer increased repression
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 […]
On World Children’s Day, CFJ calls for saving Egypt’s detained children
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 […]
Egypt: ill-treatment and arbitrary measures trigger new hunger strike at Istiqbal Tora prison
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 […]
CFJ condemns Egypt’s use of the death penalty in new court verdicts
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 […]
CFJ demands investigation into the death of political prisoner Amr Abu Khalil
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 […]
CFJ: Egypt’s new prison visit regulations exacerbate suffering of detainees
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
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
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: Overcrowded prisons will become epicenters of coronavirus outbreak unless some detainees immediately released
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
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
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 […]
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