Egypt: “Article 55” Coalition Organizations Issue Report on Violations Observed in Prisons and Detention Centers During August 2024

30/09/2024

The organizations participating in the “Article 55” Coalition have released their report detailing the main developments in Egypt’s human rights, political, and judicial landscape, highlighting […]

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Egypt: Executive Director of CFJ calls on (HRC) to condemn violations against human rights defenders

30/09/2024

Press Release   Ahmed Mefreh, the Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), participated in a review session of the UN Secretary-General’s report on […]

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Egypt: CFJ rejects excluding union leader Hisham Al-Banna from reinstatement at “Samanoud Textiles” and calls for an end to arbitrary measures against workers

27/09/2024

Press release   The management of Samanoud Textiles issued a decision to reinstate nine workers who had been suspended, but the decision excluded union leader […]

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Egypt: CFJ rejects referring “Rooya Contracting” workers for investigation and condemns the disregard of their legitimate demands

27/09/2024

Press release   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has observed that the project manager of the Telal Sokhna site, affiliated with “Rooya Contracting Company,” refused […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s refusal to attend the “glass cabin” visit and condemns the violation of his rights

27/09/2024

The son of Egyptian politician and former presidential candidate, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, announced that his father rejected the scheduled visit in the “glass […]

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Egypt: CFJ publishes report on proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law and calls for in-depth public dialogue  

26/09/2024

The report by the Committee for Justice (CFJ) on the proposed amendments to Egypt’s Criminal Procedure Law aims to promote justice and protect the rights […]

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Egypt: The Executive Director of CFJ calls at an event on the new criminal procedures law for UN mechanisms to change their strategy in dealing with the Egyptian regime 

25/09/2024

Press Report    Ahmed Mefreh, the Executive Director of the Committee For Justice, participated in a side event on the margins of the 57th session […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for pressure on authorities to end escalating violations against political detainees in Borg El-Arab Prison in Alexandria  

24/09/2024

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has said that violations inside prisons and detention centers in Egypt are increasing alarmingly, making it imperative for the international […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports protest by workers of “Roya Contracting” company demanding their rights

17/09/2024

News release    Workers of “Roya Contracting,” owned by businessman Walid Zaki, who is linked to the regime-friendly “Future of the Homeland” party, organized a […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports the prison authority’s refusal to allow Marwa Arafa to take her postgraduate exams and calls for her release.  

12/09/2024

Press Release   The Egyptian Ministry of Interior and the Prison Authority— for the second time— have rejected the request of human rights defender and […]

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Egypt: Release Mohamed Adel, as Activist’s Health Deteriorates in Detention

11/09/2024

The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports deaths of two pretrial detainees in Bilbeis Police Station due to torture and deliberate medical negligence

10/09/2024

Press Release   The “Committee for Justice” has monitored the deaths of two pretrial detainees in Holding Cell No. 2 at Bilbeis Police Station, Al […]

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Egypt: Death of a former judge and ex-military officer in custody due to deliberate medical negligence and poor detention conditions

09/09/2024

Press release   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the deaths of Judge Sami Mahmoud Ali Abdel Rahim, former President of the Port Said […]

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Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability  

09/09/2024

The Committee For Justice (CFJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – […]

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Egypt: CFJ reports new violations against “Samanoud Textiles” workers due to their strike 

04/09/2024

Press release The monitoring teams of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) have identified new violations against “Samanoud Textiles” workers due to their strike to demand […]

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