UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious violation of international law”

25/04/2021

In response to a complaint filed by the Committee for Justice UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious […]

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UN experts denounce Egypt’s violations against four human rights defenders, demand probe

21/04/2021

News briefing  Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: April 21, 2021   UN human rights experts stated that they have received information related to […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for reversing death penalty and lengthy prison sentences in ‘Helwan Microbus Cell’ case

15/04/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemned the verdicts issued on Case No. 9115 of 2016, South Giza, known in the media as the “Helwan Microbus […]

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EGYPT: 74 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE RESEARCHER AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY

14/04/2021

We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been […]

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Annual report: Egypt in 2020 was torn between intensified repression and the Covid-19 pandemic

13/04/2021

In its annual report about conditions of detainees in Egypt, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) holds Egyptian authorities fully responsible for the human rights violations […]

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Justice Watch Archive: A new era of monitoring human rights violations in Egypt

30/03/2021

Justice Watch Archive In the launch webinar for the Justice Watch Archive on Monday, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that since its establishment, those […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Statement of 31 countries before the HRC indicates the international community’s awareness of the situation in Egypt

25/03/2021

Press release Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 25, 2021 CFJ spokeswoman Yasmine Hajar explains in an interview on Al-Araby TV that the statement […]

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CFJ director: Egypt’s crackdown on journalists is an attack on the first line of defence for truth 

25/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 25 March 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said […]

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Egypt: Rights groups demand immediate release of activist Sanaa Seif

16/03/2021

16 March, 2021 Joint press release In conjunction with the trial session of the Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand […]

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Joint Statement on Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

12/03/2021

Geneva, March 12, 2021) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning […]

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On International Women’s Day: Women in Egypt live an unjust reality, and face a dark future

08/03/2021

On the occasion of International Women’s Day () on 8 March, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that Egyptian women are subjected to an unprecedented […]

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Egypt: Archaic Amendments to Personal Status Law Undermine Women’s Rights

04/03/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of Representatives […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Civil society exists in Egypt despite repression

01/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 March 2021 The spokeswoman of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that […]

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Release Manar to join her child

01/03/2021

On the 9th of March 2019 a family was abducted by security forces from their home in Alexandria. The family included the father Omar Abdel […]

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Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society

25/02/2021

25 February 2021 The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as […]

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