Human Rights Strategy in Egypt?
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 […]
Detention Justice
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CFJ: Egypt failed to deal with Covid-19 inside detention centers and prisons
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, […]
‘We decided to close the investigation’
‘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, […]
Sister of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and parents of Regeni attack EU’s human rights policy towards Egypt
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 31, 2021 Mona Seif, human rights defender and sister of the detained Egyptian activist […]
EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]
CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity
As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]
EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI
Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]
Egypt’s executions frenzy continues in second quarter of 2021
Authorities in Egypt have intensified executions between April and June 2021, amid international inaction and a US desire to place political and economic interests above […]
After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court
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 […]
20 months of successive violations against “Al-Baqer”.. There is no redress except by his immediate release
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 […]
First criminal trial internationally on torture in Egypt: Statement on the trial’s preliminary hearing addressing Italian student Giulio Regeni’s torture and murder.
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 […]
‘State of Exception’: New report exposes violations inside Egyptian detention facilities in January-March 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 […]
Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 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 […]
CFJ: Executions of Kerdasa is a continuation of the series of deaths without evidence in Egypt
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, […]
UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious violation of international law”
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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