Regeni case: In Egypt, no one is safe, says CFJ director
News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 22, 2020 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh, said […]
Egypt
After one-year anniversary of unwarranted arrest and solitary confinement, Ramy Kamel must be freed
As November 23, 2020 marked one year of solitary confinement for Ramy Kamel, a Coptic Egyptian Human rights defender, 15 organizations urge American and European […]
Egypt: UN demand halting the execution of a monk tortured to confess to alleged crimes
Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 21, 2020 UN experts have expressed their concern about the Egyptian authorities’ mistreatment of two members of […]
Egypt: New record in the implementation of the death penalty
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said Wednesday that Egyptian authorities implemented a record number of executions in the past two months amid international silence about […]
Egypt treats detainees as hostages, uses them to bargain with Biden’s administration, says rights group director
News briefing: Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 15, 2020 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that Egyptian authorities are treating political detainees […]
The Giulio Regenis of Egypt: Deaths in custody in Egypt since 2013
Press release: by Committee for Justice Geneva 10 December 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Thursday that it has documented a remarkable increase […]
Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations
Joint Statement This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary […]
Egypt: Sisi is using human rights defenders as a bargaining chip
Egypt’s crackdown on members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) forewarns of a second wave of branding civil society work as “terrorism,” in […]
Action for Egyptian human rights defenders
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the persecution of employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and Egyptian civil society by the Egyptian government. […]
Egypt: UN concerned about use of terrorism courts to take revenge on Bahey El-Din Hassan and other human rights defenders
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 2 December 2020 A group of UN human rights experts have expressed their concern about Egypt’s […]
The Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms: Two years of arrest and repression
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 2, 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Wednesday that two years after authorities in Egypt […]
UN concerned about harsh detention conditions of Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt and Tiktok women influencers
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 December 2020 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern over the harsh detention conditions […]
Egypt: Open letter to President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Harris
The undersigned Egyptian civil society organizations extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on your victory in the 2020 United States […]
UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 27 November 2020 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arbitrary arrest of three […]
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian women suffer increased repression
Press Release Geneve: 25 November 2020 As the world celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian authorities are inflicting various forms […]
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