International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer
On January 24 every year, the world marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer to commemorate the killing of four lawyers and their colleague […]
Media statements
Here you can read all the media statements published by Committee for Justice
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CFJ expresses solidarity with Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo who was barred from entering Egypt to attend COP27
The Committee for Justice on Thursday denounced Egypt’s deportation of Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, the Deputy Director of International Programmes at the Danish […]
‘There is no environmental justice without a free civic space’: Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27
Amelia Smith At last year’s Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, campaigners stormed the streets in their thousands, some smearing blood over themselves, others taking off […]
After CFJ campaign, French citizen appears in Egypt after one year of mysterious disappearance
The French citizen, Yann Bourdon, who had gone missing for nearly a year in Cairo, Egypt, reappeared on 9 August and returned to his home […]
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 […]
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 […]
Regeni case in Italy: Extending the judicial process leads to further impunity for killers
Press release Translated by Committee for Justice Geneva: April 11 2022 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, stressed that […]
Egypt: New wave of executions against 7 defendants in political cases
The international silence on human rights violations in Egypt, especially the right to life, made the authorities there continue to carry out mass death sentences […]
Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees
The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]
EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]
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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ
The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]
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Tunisia: Human rights organizations commend National Dialogue Quartet for forming a working committee to follow up on situation in Tunisia
The undersigned human rights organizations stand in solidarity with Tunisian civil society, following the decision of President of Tunisia Kais Saied to take unprecedented exceptional […]
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Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary
Yesterday July 14, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of human rights defenders Zyad Elelaimy, Ramy Shaath, and eleven others regarding their inclusion on […]
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Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability
Coinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the undersigned independent human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s systematic practice of torture […]
Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State […]
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