Egypt: CFJ documents protest by El-Shamadan workers in Alexandria over low wages

11/09/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documented that workers at El-Shamadan Food Industries in the Dekheila area of Alexandria organize a protest against low wages, tougher […]

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Vote Yes to Human Rights, Say No to Oppression: Electing the Egyptian government to the Human Rights Council will reward brutal repression and undermine the international human rights system.

11/09/2025

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge all UN member states to refrain from voting for Egypt in the upcoming elections to the United Nations […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents strike of 6,000 sugar company workers in Luxor, Aswan, and Qena and calls for their demands to be addressed

10/09/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documents a strike by nearly 6,000 workers at sugar company factories in Edfu and Kom Ombo in Aswan, Armant in […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of political detainee in Wadi al-Natrun prison due to medical neglect

10/09/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documents the death of political detainee Ibrahim Eid Saqr, a resident of Abu al-Matamir in Beheira Governorate, inside Wadi al-Natrun […]

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Article 55 Coalition documents violations inside Egyptian detention centers during the period from July 1 to July 31, 2025

09/09/2025

The organizations of the Article 55 Coalition issued their monthly bulletin highlighting the most prominent human rights, legal, and judicial developments in Egypt during July […]

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Committee for Justice: Egyptian Authorities Continue Targeting Human Rights Defenders in the Second Quarter of 2025

09/09/2025

In its periodic bulletin, Committee for Justice stated that Egyptian authorities continued, between April and June 2025, their policy of arbitrary arrests and prolonged pretrial […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for end to 8-year visit ban and medical neglect of unionist Hazem Farouk  

08/09/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented that Hazem Mohamed Farouk, the unionist and defender of dentists’ rights, has been deprived of family visits for […]

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UN human rights chief urges Egypt to end abusive “rotation” detentions

08/09/2025

On 26 August, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Egyptian authorities to immediately end the abusive practice of “rotation” and release […]

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Committee for Justice (CFJ) – weekly bulletin on developments in major human rights cases – Political trials calendar – (August 23–28, 2025)

08/09/2025

As part of its continuous monitoring of the legal situation related to major human rights cases in Egypt, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) issues its […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of young detainee in Ain Shams Police Station due to torture  

08/09/2025

The Committee for Justice has documented the death of 23-year-old Seif Imam inside his detention at Ain Shams Police Station in Cairo as a result […]

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On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Committee for Justice Calls on Egypt to Criminalize the Practice and End the Policy of Impunity

29/08/2025

Every year on August 30, the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances—a reminder of one of the gravest violations of […]

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Egypt: Human rights organizations warn of grave violations in Badr 3 prison

28/08/2025

The undersigned human rights organizations express grave concern over conditions in Badr 3 Prison, east of Cairo, where detainees – most of them prisoners of […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports death of a detainee in custody after clash with police officer

26/08/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) reported the death of the young man Hazem Fathy inside his detention cell at Nagaa Hammadi Police Station in Qena. […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of political detainee one day after arrest in Cairo under mysterious circumstances

26/08/2025

The Committee for Justice has documented the death of political detainee, accountant Moharram Fouad Ali Azab (50 years old), just 24 hours after his arrest […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for urgent release of detained activist after life-threatening health deterioration

25/08/2025

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) reported, based on information from the mother of human rights activist and translator Marwa Ashraf Mohamed Mohamed Arafa, who has […]

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