Egypt: Human rights lawyer to remain in detention pending new case after end of sentence

01/11/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1st November   The Supreme State Security Prosecution has initiated an investigation with the human rights lawyer and […]

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Egypt: CFJ denounces trial of lawyer and rights advocate Osama Mohamed Morsi in connection with new cases that occurred during his detention

24/09/2023

Press Release Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 24, 2023   The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has investigated the lawyer and […]

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Egypt: 10th of Ramadan Prison reinstates visitation ban on Hoda Abdel Moneim; CFJ demands adherence to prison regulations

17/09/2023

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 17, 2023   The Committee for Justice has reported that the administration of the 10th of Ramadan […]

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Egypt: Hisham Kassem suspends hunger strike, CFJ commends his decision and urges judicial neutrality

15/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023   Publisher, journalist, and former president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, as well […]

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After CFJ’s reports about his disappearance, fate of Teachers’ Movement founder revealed

13/09/2023

News briefing Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023   Sources close to the Egyptian authorities have disclosed the fate of Mohamed […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents two deaths in custody in less than 24 Hours due to neglect, toll hits 27 in 2023

11/09/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: September 11, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented two new deaths in custody Egypt […]

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Egypt: Public prosecutor sued over Mahienour El-Masry travel ban; CFJ urges constitutional adherence

06/09/2023

News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: September 6, 2023 Egyptian political activist and human rights lawyer, Mahienour El-Masry, has filed a lawsuit in the Administrative Court […]

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Egypt: CFJ expresses solidarity with Hisham Kassem during his hunger strike and calls for his immediate release

06/09/2023

Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: September 6, 2023   Publisher, journalist, and former president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, […]

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CFJ denounces Egypt’s response to UN regarding Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s detention conditions

03/09/2023

Press Release Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: September 3rd, 2023   The Egyptian authorities responded to the United Nations memorandum regarding the arrest and […]

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CFJ condemns detention of father of activist Fagr el-Adly, calls for an end to targeting families of human rights defenders

24/08/2023

Enforced disappearance and German pressures: Egyptian security authorities detained citizen Alaa Al-Din Saad Mohammed el-Adly (59 years old), the father of political activist Fagr el-Adly, […]

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Egypt renews detention of two human rights lawyers despite end of their pre-trial detention period

21/08/2023

Written by CFJ Geneva 16 August 2023   On August 14, 2023, the Second Circuit (Terrorism) of the Cairo Criminal Court, during its session held […]

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Egypt: TV presenter Hala Fahmy begins hunger strike protesting prison abuses

18/08/2023

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 7, 2023   The Committee for Justice has documented the hunger strike undertaken by Hala Fahmy, an […]

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Egypt: UN raises concerns over sentences of human rights defenders and their listing on terrorism lists

18/08/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 13, 2023   United Nations human rights experts have responded to the judgments handed down by Egyptian […]

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CFJ welcomes release of lawyer Youssef Al-Mansour; calls for end to repression of rights defenders in Egypt

14/08/2023

Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 7, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) welcomed the decision to release 33 defendants […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns sentence of researcher and human rights defender Patrick Zaki to 3 years in prison

25/07/2023

Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023   On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Egypt’s State Security Emergency Court issued a sentence of three years […]

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