Egypt: CFJ documents fourth death in custody in 2023
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 7, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented the fourth death case in 2023, of a political […]
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Egypt: Rights groups reject unjust verdicts against ECRF, demand an end to targeting civil society
We, the undersigned Egyptian rights groups, reject the unjust verdicts handed to 31 people on Sunday, including prison sentences against human rights defenders and lawyers. […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns sexual harassment of a female political detainee
Press release Geneva: February 26, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemns the sexual harassment of Egyptian political prisoner Aya Kamal El-Din Hussein by a […]
Egypt: CFJ documents third death in custody in first two months of 2023
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 27, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented a new death inside a detention center in Egypt, […]
Egypt: CFJ documents second death of detainee at Zagazig police station in 2023 due to medical negligence
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 20, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented a new death of a detainee […]
Egypt: CFJ documents death of a political detainee in Zagazig Police Station as a result of harsh detention conditions
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: January 29, 2023 The deceased detainee was Sameh Tolba Saleh Al-Zoq (53 years old). He had worked as a […]
Egypt: CFJ documents 2,238 human rights violations in last three months of 2022
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 […]
Egypt: CFJ third 2022 quarterly report documents 1,453 human rights violations
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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Egypt: CFJ documents deaths of four detainees, including former MP, in first two weeks of November
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: November 17, 2022 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the deaths of four detainees, including a former MP, […]
The second quarterly report 2022 within the ” Detention Watch Project” in Egypt
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 […]
Life after prison in Egypt: Integration or permanent alienation
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 […]
Egypt: CFJ research finds hundreds arbitrarily detained since President Sisi launched pardon committee
Press release, Committee for Justice Geneva: August 16, 2022 Since the launch of the national dialogue initiative sponsored by President Abdelfattah el-Sisi in April and […]
CFJ: President Biden should acknowledge UN resolutions issued for detainees in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 21 July 2022 Yasmine Omar, the United Nations and Regional Manager at the Committee for Justice, stressed […]
Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent probe into disappearance of French national
The Committee for Justice calls for transparency in Egypt’s investigations into the disappearance of French national Yann Bourdon, who has been missing in Egypt for […]
Egypt: Three detainees die in the first days of July
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 July 2022 The Committee for Justice has documented the deaths of three detainees inside […]
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