Egypt: CFJ publishes report on proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law and calls for in-depth public dialogue  

26/09/2024

The report by the Committee for Justice (CFJ) on the proposed amendments to Egypt’s Criminal Procedure Law aims to promote justice and protect the rights […]

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Egypt committed 3,537 human rights violations against detainees in 2023, says CFJ

21/03/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said in its annual report that it documented 3,537 human rights violations against detainees in Egypt during 2023 within 49 […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 1,124 rights violations, including 8 deaths in second quarter of 2023  

27/10/2023

As the second quarter of 2023 unfolded, the economic crisis in Egypt continued to cast its shadow, and the societal discontent escalated. Despite the apparent […]

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Egypt: CFJ first quarterly report documents 1415 human rights violations in 2023

27/09/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has released its first quarterly report for 2023. The report highlighted that Egypt witnessed an escalation of repression coinciding with […]

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Egypt: One year after the reactivation of the Presidential Pardon Committee in, the issue of political prisoners remains unresolved

24/05/2023

The political prisoners crisis in Egypt has witnessed little progress one year after the activation of the Presidential Pardon Committee in April 2022, the Committee […]

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Egypt in 2022: CFJ documented 7283 violations in detention centers

19/05/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated in its annual report for 2022 that it was a year filled with contradictions by the political authority in […]

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Egypt: CFJ’s assessment of the first year of the Human Rights Strategy

05/04/2023

A new working paper by the Committee for Justice analyzes the outcome of the first year of implementing the government-sponsored National Strategy for Human Rights […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 2,238 human rights violations in last three months of 2022

27/01/2023

The last quarter of 2022 was replete with human rights violations committed by the Egyptian authorities. The abuses occurred in conjunction with the calls for […]

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Egypt: CFJ third 2022 quarterly report documents 1,453 human rights violations 

30/11/2022

In its third quarterly report for the year 2022, the Committee for Justice documented 1,453 human rights violations in Egyptian prisons and detention centers. The […]

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The second quarterly report 2022 within the ” Detention Watch Project” in Egypt

03/10/2022

By the second quarter of 2022, Egyptian security services and their legislative and judicial arms continued to blatantly violate the rights of citizens, amid a […]

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Life after prison in Egypt: Integration or permanent alienation

30/09/2022

Physical and psychological torture in Egyptian prisons has lasting effects on survivors, who struggle to reintegrate into their own societies after their release, a new […]

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Egyptian prisons: rehabilitation centres or graves for human rights

09/05/2022

The 2021 annual report by the Committee for Justice has shed light on the latest developments in Egypt’s human rights climate, above all was the […]

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Human Rights Strategy in Egypt?

17/01/2022

CFJ: Third quarterly report of 2021 (July to September) Announcing the Egyptian “Human Rights Strategy”, a complete separation from the reality of prisons and detention […]

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CFJ: Egypt failed to deal with Covid-19 inside detention centers and prisons

27/12/2021

The spike in Covid-19 infections in Egyptian prisons between March 2020 and August 2021 indicates Egypt’s failure to confront the pandemic in its detention facilities, […]

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‘We decided to close the investigation’

24/11/2021

‘We decided to close the investigation’: Mechanisms of complaint and reporting of human rights violations in Egypt in the first half of 2021 In Egypt, […]

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