Research paper: Activism of human rights defenders in the Egyptian diaspora
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
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 […]
The second quarterly report 2022 within the ” Detention Watch Project” in Egypt
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 […]
Urgent action to release Yehia Helwa for health reasons for fear of his life
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 […]
Human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to close the investigation into the Mada Masr journalists’ case
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 […]
Egypt: CFJ research finds hundreds arbitrarily detained since President Sisi launched pardon committee
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 […]
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 […]
Egypt: UN calls for an end to violations against detained human rights lawyer Youssef Mansour
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 8, 2022 United Nations human rights experts affirm that the arrest, enforced disappearance and […]
UN denounces Israeli harassment of human rights defenders in Masafer Yatta
Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 2, 2022 UN experts have denounced Israel’s harassment of human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in […]
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn authorities for targeting journalists, bloggers, and online content creators, and demand immediate release of those detained
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities for the continued imprisonment of journalists, bloggers, online content creators, and others under Case no. 440 […]
28 Civil society organizations condemn the continued blocking of Al-Manassa website and call on the Egyptian authorities to lift the blocking of dozens of news websites
1 August 2022 The undersigned civil society organizations condemn the blocking by the Egyptian authorities of three links to access the Al-Manassa website within approximately […]
CFJ: President Biden should acknowledge UN resolutions issued for detainees in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 21 July 2022 Yasmine Omar, the United Nations and Regional Manager at the Committee for Justice, stressed […]
21 CSOs urge German Ministers to raise human rights and release of prisoners with Egypt’s Sisi ahead of COP27
Dear Foreign Affairs Minister Baerbock and State Minister and Special Envoy Morgan, Ahead of the 18-19 July 2022 Petersberg Climate Dialogue, which you will co-chair […]
COP27: 36 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO END CRACKDOWN ON CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS
36 organizations urge Egyptian authorities to end the crackdown on civil society organizations and peaceful protests for a successful COP27 Egypt: Statements on COP27 Imply […]
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