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Ramy Shaath (L) [AmnestyAR/Twitter, Zyad El-Elaimy (R) [haythamabokhal1/Twitter]

Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary

15/07/2021

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 […]

Anti-Police Torture Protest [Hossam el-Hamalawy/Flickr]

Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability

28/06/2021

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

23/06/2021

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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Egypt’s Law 71: An unconstitutional step designed to expand the state’s grip on information

21/06/2021

The undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending some provisions of the Penal Code, published in the Official Gazette on […]

Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end

16/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative […]

Rabaa Sqaure Dispersal [AFP PHOTO / MOSAAB EL-SHAMY/Flickr]

Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case

15/06/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Court of Cassation’s 14 June verdict upholding the death sentence against twelve leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in […]

One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

03/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies […]

Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment

02/06/2021

The undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of those detained in the Hope Coalition case (case no. 930 of 2019) and for the dismissal […]

CFJ spokeswoman: Regeni’s case reflects the violations committed against Egypt’s society as a whole

30/05/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Geneva, May 30, 2021 The spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said […]

Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 2021?

30/04/2021

Joint statement, April 30, 2021 The Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt and the undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn and categorically reject […]

CFJ: Executions of Kerdasa is a continuation of the series of deaths without evidence in Egypt

27/04/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Tuesday that Egyptian authorities continue to carry out mass executions, in clear disregard for an inalienable human right, […]

Justice Watch Archive: A new era of monitoring human rights violations in Egypt

30/03/2021

Justice Watch Archive In the launch webinar for the Justice Watch Archive on Monday, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that since its establishment, those […]

CFJ spokeswoman: Statement of 31 countries before the HRC indicates the international community’s awareness of the situation in Egypt

25/03/2021

Press release Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 25, 2021 CFJ spokeswoman Yasmine Hajar explains in an interview on Al-Araby TV that the statement […]

CFJ director: Egypt’s crackdown on journalists is an attack on the first line of defence for truth

25/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 25 March 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said […]

CFJ spokeswoman: Civil society exists in Egypt despite repression

01/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 March 2021 The spokeswoman of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that […]

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