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 […]

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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 […]

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“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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Egypt: 12-year old child forcibly disappeared and held in solitary confinement in state’s “fight against terrorism”

08/11/2018

October 30, 2018 Save Abdullah Boumedine The undersigned organizations condemn the unlawful measures taken by the Egyptian authorities against Abdullah Boumedine Nasr al-Din, age 12, […]

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Death sentence for 20 Egyptians upheld in latest affront to UN calls to abolish capital punishment

01/10/2018

Geneva 1 October 2018 The undersigned organizations denounce the ruling on September 24, 2018 to uphold the death sentences of 20 defendants in connection with […]

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Egypt: The United Nations working group on enforced disappearances affirms the systematic commitment of such crimes by Egyptian authorities against activists and human rights defenders.

17/09/2018

Committee for Justice Press Release Geneva 17 September 2018 Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that the annual report issued by the United Nations Working Group […]

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International Community Must Act to Save Former President Morsi’s Life and Thousands of other Egyptian Prisoners

09/07/2018

International Community Must Act to Save Former President Morsi’s Life and Thousands of other Egyptian Prisoners. Joint Statement The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the systematic […]

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Egypt | Prosecution of Nubian activists must be immediately suspended in line with UN recommendation.

07/06/2018

7 June 2018 The undersigned rights organizations demand that the Egyptian authorities heed the recommendation of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to immediately […]

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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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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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