After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court

13/09/2021

The undersigned organisations condemn the decision of the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) to indict Patrick Zaki, the researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal […]

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Egypt: Prisoner hunger strikes expose the interior ministry’s propaganda

16/07/2021

A number of prisoners of conscience in Egypt have started a hunger strike in protest at the violations they are exposed to and their poor […]

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Egypt: Confirmation of Rabaa death sentences another blow to the politicized justice system

16/06/2021

The undersigned campaigns and human rights organizations condemn the mass death sentences upheld earlier this week by the Cassation Court in the Rabaa Dispersal case, […]

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20 months of successive violations against “Al-Baqer”.. There is no redress except by his immediate release

31/05/2021

The undersigned organizations said that coinciding with the passage of 20 months since the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist, and director of the […]

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First criminal trial internationally on torture in Egypt: Statement on the trial’s preliminary hearing addressing Italian student Giulio Regeni’s torture and murder.

25/05/2021

Rome, 25 May 2021 Today the preliminary step for a trial in Rome against four senior Egyptian National Security Agency officials will be taken. The […]

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‘State of Exception’: New report exposes violations inside Egyptian detention facilities in January-March 2021

17/05/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has launched the second version of its periodical reports as part of its Detention Watch project, with the aim of […]

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Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 2021?

30/04/2021

Joint statement, April 30, 2021 The Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt and the undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn and categorically reject […]

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CFJ: Executions of Kerdasa is a continuation of the series of deaths without evidence in Egypt

27/04/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Tuesday that Egyptian authorities continue to carry out mass executions, in clear disregard for an inalienable human right, […]

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UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious violation of international law”

25/04/2021

In response to a complaint filed by the Committee for Justice UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious […]

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EGYPT: 74 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE RESEARCHER AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY

14/04/2021

We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been […]

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Annual report: Egypt in 2020 was torn between intensified repression and the Covid-19 pandemic

13/04/2021

In its annual report about conditions of detainees in Egypt, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) holds Egyptian authorities fully responsible for the human rights violations […]

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On International Women’s Day: Women in Egypt live an unjust reality, and face a dark future

08/03/2021

On the occasion of International Women’s Day () on 8 March, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that Egyptian women are subjected to an unprecedented […]

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Release Manar to join her child

01/03/2021

On the 9th of March 2019 a family was abducted by security forces from their home in Alexandria. The family included the father Omar Abdel […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Egypt does not abide by international standards of fair trials

17/02/2021

A spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Yasmine Hajar, has emphasized that the principle of the right to a fair trial is one of […]

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Egypt: Enforced disappearance of lawyer Islam Salama condemned by rights organizations amid calls on the Ministry of Interior to implement his release

17/02/2021

17 February 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by the Egyptian government’s constant abuse of lawyer Islam Salama, who has been forcibly […]

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