The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has released its biannual report on violations committed inside prisons and detention centers in Egypt during the period from January to June 2025. The report highlights the continued deterioration of human rights conditions in both official and unofficial detention facilities, amid a deepening climate of impunity and the absence of effective accountability mechanisms.
According to the report, CFJ’s monitoring team documented at least 1,419 violations across 30 detention sites located in 13 Egyptian governorates, including central prisons, police stations, and unofficial detention facilities.
Arbitrary deprivation of liberty represented the vast majority of these violations, accounting for 1,340 cases (94%), followed by 18 deaths in detention, 18 cases of enforced disappearance, 17 cases of torture, 16 cases related to poor detention conditions, and 8 cases of denial of medical care.
The report provides detailed documentation of recurrent patterns of abuse within detention facilities, including enforced disappearance, repeated detention on new cases (“recycling”), torture, and denial of healthcare, as well as violations linked to unfair judicial proceedings before exceptional courts that lack the basic guarantees of a fair trial.
It also includes documented testimonies from victims’ families, official correspondence, and complaints submitted to the Public Prosecution, revealing the lack of any effective response from the authorities and the persistence of a policy of impunity.
In its conclusions, Committee for Justice calls on the Egyptian authorities to take urgent and concrete steps to improve the human rights situation, including:
- The immediate release of prisoners of conscience and those held in pretrial detention outside the bounds of law.
- Accountability for officials responsible for abuses inside detention facilities.
- An end to the use of exceptional courts and the guarantee of fair trials.
- Allowing the independent work of civil society organizations.
- Implementing the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms and ensuring judicial oversight of detention facilities.
The Committee concluded by stressing that this report represents a clear call to the Egyptian authorities to uphold their international obligations, take immediate action to protect human dignity and safeguard justice, and end policies that undermine fundamental rights and target civil society.