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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Egyptian Authorities Arrest and conceal 10 Family Members of “Helwan brigades” escaped Prisoner to constrain him.

07/11/2017

Geneva, 7 November 2017 Egypt Project Detention Watch “Committee for Justice” documented the arrest and enforced disappearance of 10 family members of an escaped prisoner […]

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Ibrahim Hijazi: Lawyer for Enforced Disappearance Victims Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement and Subjected to Torture

02/10/2017

Geneva: 2 October 2017 Egypt project: Detention Watch Ibrahim Abdel Moneim Metwally Hijazi was arrested and detained at the National Security Premises in Abbassia, Cairo […]

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Detainee falls into a coma because of medical negligence in Borg Al Arab Prison

26/09/2017

Geneva September 26, 2017 Egypt project – Detention Watch Hossam Hassan Wahby Hassan is 39 years old and married with 3 children. On 11 August 2017, […]

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