Egypt: CFJ denounces deliberate measures against human rights defender and lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim    

13/11/2023

The Committee for Justice stated that the policy of targeting human rights defenders by the Egyptian authorities through what is known as the practice of […] Read More

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, […] Read More

Urgent action to release Yehia Helwa for health reasons for fear of his life

23/09/2022

The Egyptian human rights organizations signatory to this statement demand a prompt release of Yehia Helwa, a political activist and member of the Bread and […] Read More

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 […] Read More

Civil society to the UK Foreign Office: Free human rights defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah

27/05/2022

To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Elizabeth Truss, and the UK Foreign Office 27 May, 2022 British-Egyptian […] Read More

Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim

21/12/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and […] Read More

CFJ demands release of activist Alaa Abd El- Fattah and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on 1st anniversary of their arrest

30/09/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that it rejects the Egyptian authorities’ continued detention of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, and human rights activist, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, on the first anniversary of their arrest. […] Read More

Egypt: Prison sentence against human rights defender Zyad Elelaimy represents politically-motivated vengeance

14/03/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy and demand his unconditional release and the dropping […] Read More