Egypt: CFJ reports strike by preacher Mahmoud Shaaban over re-detention in a new case amid calls to end arbitrary actions against him

27/08/2024

Press release   The Egyptian preacher and former Al-Azhar University professor, Dr. Mahmoud Shaaban, announced on Monday, August 26, that he is on a hunger […]

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Egypt: CFJ rejects referral of human rights lawyer Walid Selim for trial in a new case after 6 years of pretrial detention

26/08/2024

Press release Geneva – August 20, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored that on Tuesday, July 30th, Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution […]

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Tunisia: CFJ condemns verdict against rapper Ghassan Aoun Allah over song about political prisoners

22/08/2024

Press release Geneva – August 18, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a ruling by a Tunisian court on Wednesday, August 14, […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns continued detention of human rights lawyer Nabil Abu Sheikha beyond legal limits, calls for his immediate release

16/08/2024

Press release Geneva – August 11, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has criticized the ongoing detention of lawyer and human rights defender Nabil […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns death sentences in “ISIS Kerdasa cell” case, calls for halt and retrial

13/08/2024

Press release Geneva – August 11, 2024 In a session held on Monday, July 29, 2024, the Third Circuit of the First Instance Criminal Court, […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns detention and disappearance of Sudanese refugee, calls for halt to forced repatriation

24/07/2024

Press release Geneva – July 23, 2024 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned the detention and enforced disappearance of Sudanese refugee Osman Hussein Yacoub, […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports detention of 70 citizens following state security prosecution investigation over July 12 protests

16/07/2024

Press release Geneva – July 15, 2024 Over the past three days, the monitoring teams of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) have documented the investigation […]

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Tunisia: CFJ rejects detention of former justice minister and demands his release

28/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 25, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored that the Dean of Investigative Judges at the Tunis Primary […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns terrorism court’s death sentence, calls for end to capital punishment and fair retrial

27/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 27, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned a death sentence issued by the Terrorism Criminal Court, held […]

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Tunisia: CFJ rejects sentence against journalist Houssem Hajlaoui, calls for annulment due to legal violations

26/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 24, 2024   On May 23, 2024, the Sixth Criminal Chamber of the Tunis First Instance Court sentenced journalist and […]

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Egypt: CFJ rejects verdicts against El-Tantawi and campaign members, calls for retrial

28/05/2024

Press release Geneva – May 28, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the arrest of political activist and former presidential candidate Ahmed […]

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Tunisia: CFJ condemns verdict against journalist Ghassan Ben Khalifa, calls for suspension

22/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 20, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has vehemently denounced the six-month prison sentence handed down to Tunisian journalist […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns arrests of demonstrators in Alexandria, calls for immediate release

19/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 17, 2024   Security forces in Alexandria, Egypt, detained numerous citizens on Friday, March 15, 2024, during a protest against […]

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CFJ calls on Egyptian authorities to stop renewing El-Sayed Moshagheb’s detention and demands his release

05/01/2024

Press release Editing: CFJ Geneva: January 4, 2024   The Committee for Justice documented the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt summoning El-Sayed Ali Fahim […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns death sentences against 4 defendants and calls on authorities to halt executions

04/07/2023

News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: June 27, 2023   The Supreme State Security Criminal Court (Third Terrorism Circuit), held in the Badr […]

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