After a complaint by CFJ, UN demands Egypt to stop implementing the rulings of the Rabaa dispersal case

19/09/2021

News briefing Geneva, 15 September 2021 Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Seven United Nations special rapporteurs have issued an urgent action regarding […]

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Egypt: Human rights catastrophe results from lack of political will, not lack of a national strategy to whitewash reality

14/09/2021

Respect for human rights in Egypt – where the most fundamental rights to life, bodily integrity, and justice are violated by state institutions and agencies […]

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Biden Decision to Grant Military Aid to Egypt a Betrayal of Its Human Rights Commitments

14/09/2021

The Biden administration’s reported decision to bypass the human rights conditions on $300 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) is a […]

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After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court

13/09/2021

The undersigned organisations condemn the decision of the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) to indict Patrick Zaki, the researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal […]

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10 rights groups stand in solidarity with members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms referred to Emergency Court 

09/09/2021

Ten human rights organizations today said they stood in full solidarity with leaders and members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, whose trial […]

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UN rapporteurs demand review of Egypt’s NGO law following complaint 

07/09/2021

Press release Written and translated by: The Committee for Justice Geneva, September 7, 2021 In response to a complaint filed by seven Egyptian rights organizations, […]

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UN concerned about Egypt’s NGO law, calls for societal dialogue

07/09/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, September 7, 2021  UN experts have expressed their concerns about Law 149/2019 (the NGO Law), […]

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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ 

30/08/2021

The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]

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Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect

18/08/2021

The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons in Egypt is evidence of the level of neglect that these detention centres and prisons […]

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UN concerned about prolonged detention and torture of 12 human rights defenders in Egypt

17/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 15 August 2021   UN experts stated that 12 human rights defenders in Egypt have been […]

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Egypt: Changing prison authority’s name is ‘propaganda’ as rights violations continue

03/08/2021

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior’s decision to change the name of the Prisons Authority to the Community Protection Authority will do nothing to change the fact […]

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After a complaint by the Committee for Justice, UN calls for the release of Egyptian activists and an end to their prolonged detention

30/07/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 July 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]

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Endless Emergency: CFJ analytical paper discusses effects of the state of emergency on human rights in Egypt

28/07/2021

The state of emergency has become the dominant feature in Egypt under the various ruling regimes since the end of the nineteenth century until now. […]

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Egypt: Prisoner hunger strikes expose the interior ministry’s propaganda

16/07/2021

A number of prisoners of conscience in Egypt have started a hunger strike in protest at the violations they are exposed to and their poor […]

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Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary

15/07/2021

Yesterday July 14, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of human rights defenders Zyad Elelaimy, Ramy Shaath, and eleven others regarding their inclusion on […]

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