On International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.. CFJ Calls on Egypt to Join the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to stop this systematic practice

30/08/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that enforced disappearance constitutes a violation of human rights that extends beyond the disappeared individual to impact their family […]

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Egypt: Recent arbitrary practices show no intent to improve human rights situation or release political prisoners

25/08/2023

The undersigned organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ targeting of the family of journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gamal Ziada, the arrest of his 58-year-old […]

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Case No.108/year 2015/Military/Criminal/Alexandria

24/08/2023

رقم الجنايات/الجنح القضية رقم 108 لسنة 2015 جنايات عسكرية الاسكندرية الاسم الإعلامي للقضية القضية 108 عسكرية

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Egypt: CFJ documents new death of a political detainee in Gamasa prison, Dakahlia Governorate

24/08/2023

Press release Geneva: August 20, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documents a new death case in Egypt of the political detainee, Mahmoud Abd […]

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CFJ condemns detention of father of activist Fagr el-Adly, calls for an end to targeting families of human rights defenders

24/08/2023

Enforced disappearance and German pressures: Egyptian security authorities detained citizen Alaa Al-Din Saad Mohammed el-Adly (59 years old), the father of political activist Fagr el-Adly, […]

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Egypt: Iron and Steel company workers stage protest for fellowship fund rights

23/08/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 23, 2023   Retired workers from the Iron and Steel Company staged a second protest on […]

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Egypt: Head of the General Authority for Adult Education in Egypt threatens workers with persecution

21/08/2023

News briefing by Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 August 2023   CFJ has condemned the threats issued by the head of the executive body of […]

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Egypt renews detention of two human rights lawyers despite end of their pre-trial detention period

21/08/2023

Written by CFJ Geneva 16 August 2023   On August 14, 2023, the Second Circuit (Terrorism) of the Cairo Criminal Court, during its session held […]

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Egypt: TV presenter Hala Fahmy begins hunger strike protesting prison abuses

18/08/2023

Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 7, 2023   The Committee for Justice has documented the hunger strike undertaken by Hala Fahmy, an […]

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Egypt: UN raises concerns over sentences of human rights defenders and their listing on terrorism lists

18/08/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 13, 2023   United Nations human rights experts have responded to the judgments handed down by Egyptian […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents 19 violations in July against detainees in prisons and detention centers

18/08/2023

The member organizations of the Article 55 Coalition have issued a bulletin on the violations documented in prisons and detention centers in Egypt, during the […]

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First Zaiton Cell

16/08/2023

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Egypt: CFJ documents death of citizen due to torture at Dar Al-Salam police station in Cairo  

15/08/2023

Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 8, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documented a new death case due to […]

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CFJ welcomes release of lawyer Youssef Al-Mansour; calls for end to repression of rights defenders in Egypt

14/08/2023

Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 7, 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) welcomed the decision to release 33 defendants […]

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Egypt: Citizen’s death from torture in Nabaruh Police Station raises concerns

14/08/2023

Press Release By: CFJ Geneva: August 6, 2023   CFJ reported a new death inside a detention center in Egypt of citizen Mahmoud Abdel Jawad, […]

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