Egypt: Rights groups reject unjust verdicts against ECRF, demand an end to targeting civil society

08/03/2023

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. […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns sexual harassment of a female political detainee

06/03/2023

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 […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents third death in custody in first two months of 2023

06/03/2023

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, […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents second death of detainee at Zagazig police station in 2023 due to medical negligence

23/02/2023

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 […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of a political detainee in Zagazig Police Station as a result of harsh detention conditions

31/01/2023

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 […]

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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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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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