Egypt: TV presenter Hala Fahmy begins hunger strike protesting prison abuses
Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 7, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented the hunger strike undertaken by Hala Fahmy, an […]
Egypt
Egypt: UN raises concerns over sentences of human rights defenders and their listing on terrorism lists
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 13, 2023 United Nations human rights experts have responded to the judgments handed down by Egyptian […]
First Zaiton Cell
Egypt: CFJ documents death of citizen due to torture at Dar Al-Salam police station in Cairo
Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 8, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documented a new death case due to […]
CFJ welcomes release of lawyer Youssef Al-Mansour; calls for end to repression of rights defenders in Egypt
Press Release By: The Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 7, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) welcomed the decision to release 33 defendants […]
Egypt: Citizen’s death from torture in Nabaruh Police Station raises concerns
Press Release By: CFJ Geneva: August 6, 2023 CFJ reported a new death inside a detention center in Egypt of citizen Mahmoud Abdel Jawad, […]
Egypt after the Rabaa Massacre: Ten years of repression, collective punishment, and impunity
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Rabaa massacre, 26 organizations express their condolences to the families who lost loved ones peacefully opposing the […]
Wilayat Ismailia’ (Islamic State – Ismailia Province)
Felony/Misdemeanor number No 6482 / year 2022/ Criminal/ El Shorouk Name of the case in the media: Wilayat Ismailia’ (Islamic State – Ismailia Province) Timeline […]
Egypt: UN Working Group issues opinion on the disappearance of two citizens based on CFJ complaint
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that repeated arrests through the practice of “rotation” or “recycling of charges” are a systematic approach in Egypt. Under […]
Al-Manassa events
Case number Case No.9/year 2021/Criminal/Total/ New Cairo Felony/Misdemeanor number No. 72 of / year 2021 / Criminal / Emergency State Security, Second, Nasr City Case […]
Joint Letter – Biden Administration Should Not Provide Military Aid to Egypt in Light of Ongoing Human Rights Violations
The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Mr. Jake Sullivan Assistant to the President for National Security […]
Egypt: CFJ condemns sentence of researcher and human rights defender Patrick Zaki to 3 years in prison
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Egypt’s State Security Emergency Court issued a sentence of three years […]
Egypt: prison visit ban reimposed on lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim amid health concerns
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The administration of the Tenth of Ramadan Prison for Women in Sharqia, Egypt, has re-banned prison visit […]
Egypt: Cairo Terrorism Court renews detention of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally despite repeated calls for his release
Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 18, 2023 The Cairo Terrorism Criminal Court has renewed the detention of human rights lawyer and coordinator of […]
Egypt’s Worst Decade for Human Rights Ten years of a war on the population under the guise of fighting terrorism
Ten years ago, on 24 July 2013, President Abdelfattah al-Sisi, then minister of defense, called on Egyptian citizens in a public speech “to give [Sisi] […]
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