Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges

19/10/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed […]

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CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity

14/10/2021

As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian student Giulio Regeni continues, torture and other forms of abuses against detainees in Egypt remain […]

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EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI

13/10/2021

Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about the arrest and inclusion of two activists on terrorist lists

12/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 October 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about the arbitrary detention of Egyptian human […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about execution of a citizen and the systematic use of torture to extract confessions 

10/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 10, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have voices their concerns about the alleged […]

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Egypt: New mass death sentences in Minya despite international outcry

04/10/2021

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned Egypt’s continued issuing of mass death sentences despite apparent violations of due process. The Egyptian Minya Criminal Court […]

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UN experts condemn Israeli arrests and judicial harassment of 8 activists in occupied Palestine and Israel

03/10/2021

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 3 October 2021  UN human rights experts have condemned the arrests, judicial harassment, criminalization and threats against […]

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Egypt’s executions frenzy continues in second quarter of 2021

28/09/2021

Authorities in Egypt have intensified executions between April and June 2021,  amid international inaction and a US desire to place political and economic interests above […]

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Is Egypt fighting terrorism or causing it?

22/09/2021

It is not surprising that Egyptian authorities continue to attack the public sphere and launch campaigns of repression that affect everyone, disguised in a legal, […]

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Egypt does not need more prisons

20/09/2021

The undersigned organizations and campaigns condemn statements by the Egyptian President Abdelfattah el-Sisi, who has denied the existence of human rights violations in Egypt while […]

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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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