CFJ takes part in Egypt review before UN Human Rights Committee
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 27, 2023 The UN Human Rights Committee is currently reviewing Egypt’s progress in implementing its obligations as […]
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Egypt: CFJ documents second death of detainee at Zagazig police station in 2023 due to medical negligence
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 20, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented a new death of a detainee […]
Egypt: Flagrant human rights abuses documented in Badr Prison Complex
Inmates at the new Badr Prison Complex in Egypt are living in abusive conditions reminiscent of the notorious Scorpion Prison, despite a government campaign to […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns the arrest of 3 vloggers, demands end to indiscriminate terrorism charges
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 31, 2023 Since Sunday, Egyptian authorities have arrested three vloggers on charges of joining a terrorist group […]
Egypt: CFJ documents death of a political detainee in Zagazig Police Station as a result of harsh detention conditions
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: January 29, 2023 The deceased detainee was Sameh Tolba Saleh Al-Zoq (53 years old). He had worked as a […]
Egypt: Highest appeals court overturns death sentence for a defendant in the ‘Imbaba Cell’ case
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: January 29, 2023 The Egyptian Court of Cassation on Saturday issued a ruling accepting the appeal of one of […]
Egypt: CFJ documents 2,238 human rights violations in last three months of 2022
The last quarter of 2022 was replete with human rights violations committed by the Egyptian authorities. The abuses occurred in conjunction with the calls for […]
Egypt: Crisis by design, a human rights report by independent Egyptian organizations to the UN
The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, as confirmed by the mid-term report submitted by the […]
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer
On January 24 every year, the world marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer to commemorate the killing of four lawyers and their colleague […]
Egypt: Fourth quarterly bulletin documents Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s hunger strike and violations against defenders and lawyers
The Committee for Justice has released the fourth bulletin of the Human Rights Defenders Watch project, which documented violations against human rights defenders from October […]
After CFJ complaints, UN calls on Egypt to release politician Aboul Fotouh and provide him immediate access to health care
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 18, 2023 UN human rights experts call on the Egyptian authorities to ensure adequate […]
UN reacts to CFJ’s complaints on the detention, disappearance and torture of Egyptian human rights defender Ahmed Amasha
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 16, 2023 UN experts have expressed grave concerns about the repeated enforced disappearance, torture, […]
Research paper: Activism of human rights defenders in the Egyptian diaspora
While some human rights defenders carry out their peaceful activism under authoritarian regimes, some of them may choose or be forced to seek refuge abroad […]
Egypt: Rights Groups Call for the Release of an Egyptian-American Citizen Arrested in Dubai
The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest of Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman in the UAE, amid fears of deporting him to Egypt. We call on the […]
Egypt: CFJ third 2022 quarterly report documents 1,453 human rights violations
In its third quarterly report for the year 2022, the Committee for Justice documented 1,453 human rights violations in Egyptian prisons and detention centers. The […]
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