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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CFJ takes part in Egypt review before UN Human Rights Committee

27/02/2023

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 27, 2023 The UN Human Rights Committee is currently reviewing Egypt’s progress in implementing its obligations as […]

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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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Egypt: Fourth quarterly bulletin documents Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s hunger strike and violations against defenders and lawyers

24/01/2023

The Committee for Justice has released the fourth bulletin of the Human Rights Defenders Watch project, which documented violations against human rights defenders from October […]

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Research paper: Activism of human rights defenders in the Egyptian diaspora

10/12/2022

While some human rights defenders carry out their peaceful activism under authoritarian regimes, some of them may choose or be forced to seek refuge abroad […]

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CFJ issues third Human Rights Defenders Watch bulletin

24/10/2022

The Committee for Justice has issued the third quarterly bulletin of the Human Rights Defenders Watch project. HRD Watch aims to support those who are […]

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The second quarterly report 2022 within the ” Detention Watch Project” in Egypt

03/10/2022

By the second quarter of 2022, Egyptian security services and their legislative and judicial arms continued to blatantly violate the rights of citizens, amid a […]

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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 […]

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Human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to close the investigation into the Mada Masr journalists’ case

15/09/2022

The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Attorney General to close Case No. 19 of 2022 (Cairo Appeal Investigations) involving four women journalists […]

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Egypt: CFJ research finds hundreds arbitrarily detained since President Sisi launched pardon committee

15/09/2022

Press release, Committee for Justice Geneva: August 16, 2022 Since the launch of the national dialogue initiative sponsored by President Abdelfattah el-Sisi in April and […]

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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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