CFJ denounces Egypt’s response to UN regarding Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s detention conditions

03/09/2023

Press Release Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: September 3rd, 2023   The Egyptian authorities responded to the United Nations memorandum regarding the arrest and […]

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Rabaa Operations Room

01/09/2023

Felony/Misdemeanor number No. 2210 of 2014 Agouza felonies Name of the case in the media: Rabaa Operations Room Timeline 06/24/23The court adjourned the re-trial for […]

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Egypt:  Immediately Release Prodemocracy Advocate Hesham Kassem and Cease the Targeting of Peaceful Dissidents

01/09/2023

Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Egyptian prodemocracy dissident and press publisher Hesham Kassem, as his detention stems from the exercise of his freedom […]

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Wilayat Sinai 3 (Islamic State – Sinai Province)

01/09/2023

Case registration number No. 1039 of 2016 Supreme State Security Name of the case in the media: Wilayat Sinai 3 (Islamic State – Sinai Province)

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CFJ documents 25th death inside Egyptian detention centers.. Son of former MP dies shortly before scheduled release

31/08/2023

Press Release Written by: CFJ Geneva, August 31, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a new death case of a political detainee inside […]

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Egypt:  Civil Society “Foreign Funding” Case Remains Unclosed

30/08/2023

On 22 August 2023, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) issued a statement announcing the dismissal of criminal cases against 75 of the organizations investigated […]

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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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