Shady Habash, a young Egyptian filmmaker held in pretrial detention for more than two years, has died in the Tora maximum security prison complex. Shady never […] Read More
Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations reiterate our demand for the immediate release of persons held in pretrial detention, especially prisoners of conscience. 24- year-old […] Read More
Presidential pardons and conditional releases Joint Statement The signatory human rights organizations denounce the exclusion of prisoners of conscience from the April 14th pardon issued […] Read More
Geneve, April 6th, 2020 Few days before the Egyptian authorities had announced the emergence of several COVID -19 cases in different locations across the country, […] Read More
Joint Statement The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake of curbing the […] Read More
Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy and demand his unconditional release and the dropping […] Read More
Human rights organisations regret Egypt’s lack of constructive engagement during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and denounce Egypt’s reprisals against NGOs and human right defenders […] Read More
Following CFJ’s previous periodic reports on human rights violations against individuals who are under the custody of law enforcement officers and security agencies in the […] Read More
The Egyptian authorities should abide by the International Human Rights Guarantees while countering terrorism Committee for Justice received the news of the mass death sentencing […] Read More
After 150 days of renewals of detention in front of the state security prosecution – the time allowed for the prosecution to renew detention without […] Read More
Joint Statement The undersigned organizations demand the immediate and unconditional release of Patrick George Zaki, a researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and […] Read More
Over the last three years, the Trump administration has increasingly implemented one-sided policies favoring the Government of Israel that contravene international law and reward Israel’s […] Read More
100 days since the imprisonment of Esraa Abdel-Fattah Detention renewed for journalists Hossam al-Sayyad, Sulafa Majdi, Khaled Dawoud, We, the undersigned organizations, renew our demand […] Read More
Tampering with Egypt’s judiciary to keep government critics perpetually behind bars Joint Statement The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Supreme State Security Prosecution’s illegitimate […] Read More
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