Egyptian court extends activist Hala Fahmy’s detention, ignores reported violations
News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: July 12, 2023 The Consultation Chamber of the Badr Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prison […]
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Egyptian court extends pretrial detention of rights defender Marwa Arafa, violating the law
News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: July 12, 2023 The Egyptian Criminal Court has ruled, in its session on July 10th, to […]
CFJ condemns Egypt’s denial of researcher Patrick Zaki’s travel to Italy for MA thesis defense
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 5, 2023 The Egyptian social researcher and human rights defender, Patrick George Zaki, revealed that the […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns detention renewal of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, demands his immediate release
News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: July 5, 2023 The Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prison Complex, has ruled to extend the detention of […]
Egypt: CFJ documents 17th death in custody in 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, […]
Egypt: CFJ documents transfer of detained human rights defender to hospital due to his deteriorating conditio
News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: 18 June 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the transfer of Egyptian lawyer and […]
CFJ calls on Egypt to allow researcher and human rights defender Patrick Zaki to travel to Italy for MA thesis defense
News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: 18 June 2023 The Egyptian social researcher and human rights defender, Patrick George Zaki, said that […]
Egypt: family of detained human rights defender Hoda Abdel Moneim reports her transfer to 10th of Ramadan prison amid ongoing prison visitation ban
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 15, 2023 Human rights lawyer, Khaled Badawy, the husband of the human rights defender, lawyer, and […]
Egypt: Family of detained human rights defender Hoda Abdel Moneim say she has been denied visits for 3 months
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 […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns continued solitary confinement of lawyer and human rights defender Mohamed el-Baqer for over two months
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 […]
Egypt: Forcibly disappeared activist appears before Prosecution, detained pending a new case
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 […]
Egypt: Highest appeals court overturns death sentence for a defendant in the ‘Imbaba Cell’ case
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 […]
UN experts warn Sudanese authorities against targeting a women’s rights defender over her cooperation with UN mechanisms
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 5 September 2022 UN experts have warned that intimidation and harassment of Sudanese human […]
Human Rights Defenders Training Platform
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 […]
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 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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