Egypt: COP27 participants urged to recognize Sinai population’s environmental and human rights

11/10/2022

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is scheduled to be held in the southern Sinai city of Sharm el-Sheikh next month, in November. […]

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Based on a complaint from CFJ, UN group says detention of four Egyptians ‘arbitrary’

11/10/2022

Communicating with various United Nations mechanisms is a strategic goal for the Committee for Justice (CFJ) to lift injustice against victims of human rights abuses […]

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Joint statement: End arbitrary detention and forcible deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers

07/10/2022

The undersigned organizations condemn the arbitrary detention of Eritrean asylum-seekers in Egypt and call upon the Egyptian government to abide by international and regional treaties […]

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The second quarterly report 2022 within the ” Detention Watch Project” in Egypt

03/10/2022

By the second quarter of 2022, Egyptian security services and their legislative and judicial arms continued to blatantly violate the rights of citizens, amid a […]

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‘There is no environmental justice without a free civic space’: Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27

30/09/2022

Amelia Smith At last year’s Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, campaigners stormed the streets in their thousands, some smearing blood over themselves, others taking off […]

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Life after prison in Egypt: Integration or permanent alienation

30/09/2022

Physical and psychological torture in Egyptian prisons has lasting effects on survivors, who struggle to reintegrate into their own societies after their release, a new […]

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Global Coalition Calls for Release of Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on Three Year Anniversary of their Arrests

29/09/2022

Thursday, September 29, 2022 marks three years since Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer and British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah were arrested […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about the results of investigations into the killing of economist Ayman Hadhoud, calls for new probe

29/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 29, 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern about the allegations of […]

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Human rights organizations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohamed Oxygen, asserting that prosecuting him aims to punish for his journalistic work

26/09/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to intervene quickly to end the detention of blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, known […]

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Urgent action to release Yehia Helwa for health reasons for fear of his life

23/09/2022

The Egyptian human rights organizations signatory to this statement demand a prompt release of Yehia Helwa, a political activist and member of the Bread and […]

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Human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to close the investigation into the Mada Masr journalists’ case

15/09/2022

The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Attorney General to close Case No. 19 of 2022 (Cairo Appeal Investigations) involving four women journalists […]

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Egypt: CFJ research finds hundreds arbitrarily detained since President Sisi launched pardon committee

15/09/2022

Press release, Committee for Justice Geneva: August 16, 2022 Since the launch of the national dialogue initiative sponsored by President Abdelfattah el-Sisi in April and […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about disappearance and trial of a Yemeni citizen, amid fears of his deportation to his country

01/09/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 1, 2022 UN experts have expressed their deep concerns about the arbitrary detention, enforced […]

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Egypt: Death of political detainee after inhumane detention conditions

18/08/2022

Edited and translated by: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 18, 2022 On Thursday, August 18, 2022, the Committee for Justice documented the death of Imad […]

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After CFJ campaign, French citizen appears in Egypt after one year of mysterious disappearance

17/08/2022

The French citizen, Yann Bourdon, who had gone missing for nearly a year in Cairo, Egypt, reappeared on 9 August and returned to his home […]

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