Egypt: CFJ condemns detention renewal of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, demands his immediate release

10/07/2023

News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: July 5, 2023   The Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prison Complex, has ruled to extend the detention of […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 17th death in custody in 2023

04/07/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 27, 2023   CFJ documents new death inside a detention center in Egypt, the 17th in 2023, […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents transfer of detained human rights defender to hospital due to his deteriorating conditio

22/06/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: 18 June 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the transfer of Egyptian lawyer and […]

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CFJ calls on Egypt to allow researcher and human rights defender Patrick Zaki to travel to Italy for MA thesis defense

21/06/2023

News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: 18 June 2023   The Egyptian social researcher and human rights defender, Patrick George Zaki, said that […]

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Egypt: family of detained human rights defender Hoda Abdel Moneim reports her transfer to 10th of Ramadan prison amid ongoing prison visitation ban

16/06/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 15, 2023   Human rights lawyer, Khaled Badawy, the husband of the human rights defender, lawyer, and […]

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Egypt: Family of detained human rights defender Hoda Abdel Moneim say she has been denied visits for 3 months

15/06/2023

Press release By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: June 13, 2023 The family of the human rights defender, lawyer, and former member of the National […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns continued solitary confinement of lawyer and human rights defender Mohamed el-Baqer for over two months

12/06/2023

News briefing  By: Committee for Justice Geneva, June 9, 2023 The wife of Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender, Mrs. Neama Hisham, has reported his continued […]

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Egypt: Forcibly disappeared activist appears before Prosecution, detained pending a new case

07/06/2023

Press release  Written by: The Committee for Justice  Geneva: June 6, 2023   The Committee for Justice has documented the appearance of Moaz Al-Sharqawi, the […]

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Egypt: Highest appeals court overturns death sentence for a defendant in the ‘Imbaba Cell’ case

31/01/2023

Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: January 29, 2023 The Egyptian Court of Cassation on Saturday issued a ruling accepting the appeal of one of […]

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UN experts warn Sudanese authorities against targeting a women’s rights defender over her cooperation with UN mechanisms

05/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 September 2022   UN experts have warned that intimidation and harassment of Sudanese human […]

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Human Rights Defenders Training Platform

17/08/2022

The Committee for Justice is proud to announce the establishment of the Human Rights Defenders Training Platform as part of its Human Rights Defenders Watch […]

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Joint statement: Human rights organizations reject the Criminal Court’s upholding of the Public Prosecution’s decision to close the investigation into Ayman Hadhoud’s death

30/06/2022

30 June 2022 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the decision issued by Circuit 28 of the New Cairo Criminal Court on 23 June 2022 […]

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Egypt: Death sentence for 10 defendants and life imprisonment for 56 others in the “Helwan Brigades” case

28/06/2022

Press release Editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 June 2022 The First Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court, held at the Tora Police Institute […]

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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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Egypt: Rights Defender’s Relatives Arrested

26/06/2020

(Geneva, Switzerland) – The ongoing harassment and intimidation by Egyptian security forces of the family of a US national seeking justice, truth, and reparation is […]

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