Egypt: CFJ documents deaths of four detainees, including former MP, in first two weeks of November

21/11/2022

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, […]

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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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Egypt: CFJ research finds hundreds arbitrarily detained since President Sisi launched pardon committee

15/09/2022

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 […]

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CFJ: President Biden should acknowledge UN resolutions issued for detainees in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

27/07/2022

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 […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent probe into disappearance of French national

22/07/2022

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 […]

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Egypt: Three detainees die in the first days of July 

06/07/2022

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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Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent UN probe into murder of economist Hadhoud

22/06/2022

The Committee for Justice said that under the pretext of fighting terrorism, the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has effectively given officials at […]

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Egypt: Three men detained over TikTok mosque singing video on charges of ‘spreading false news’

20/06/2022

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 20, 2022 The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has concluded its investigations with 3 young men […]

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CFJ urges Sudan to stop deporting Egyptian dissidents to Cairo

20/06/2022

The Committee for Justice last week documented the deportation of 11 Egyptian nationals by Sudanese authorities from Khartoum to Cairo. Those deported included women and […]

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Civil society to the UK Foreign Office: Free human rights defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah

27/05/2022

To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Elizabeth Truss, and the UK Foreign Office 27 May, 2022 British-Egyptian […]

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Egypt: Calls on the African Human Rights Committee to condemn violations in detention facilities in Egypt

23/05/2022

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 23, 2022 The Committee for Justice and ISHR said that despite repeated calls by […]

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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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Egypt: Paper highlights role of families of victims of human rights abuses in political change

01/05/2022

A paper published by the Committee for Justice today, titled “Egypt: How families of victims of human rights violations have organized to become an active […]

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Egypt: New wave of executions against 7 defendants in political cases

11/03/2022

The international silence on human rights violations in Egypt, especially the right to life, made the authorities there continue to carry out mass death sentences […]

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