EGYPT: AUTHORITIES MUST REPEAL THE OUTRAGEOUS NGO LAW
In response to reports that the Egyptian government has decided to delay by six months the deadline requiring civil society organisations (CSOs) to register under […]
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Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees
The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]
Egypt: UN concerned about continued detention of 4 human rights defenders
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 4 January 2022 UN experts have expressed their serious concerns about the continued renewal of the […]
CFJ: Egypt failed to deal with Covid-19 inside detention centers and prisons
The spike in Covid-19 infections in Egyptian prisons between March 2020 and August 2021 indicates Egypt’s failure to confront the pandemic in its detention facilities, […]
Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and […]
Joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”
Ahead of the verdict of the Emergency Court on 20 December, we, the undersigned organisations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release […]
Egypt: 100 days since the launch of Sisi’s deceptive human rights strategy
The Committee for Justice said that the reality observed on the ground in Egypt 100 days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi launched the National […]
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Human rights organizations demand the release of political activist and writer Ahmed Douma
On December 3, 2021, Ahmed Douma, writer, political activist and one of the most prominent symbols of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year […]
UN condemns misuse of counter-terrorism measures in Egypt amid calls for release of 3 activists
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 2, 2021 United Nations human rights experts called on Egypt to stop the misuse of counter-terrorism […]
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Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue
November 23, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 CC: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael […]
‘We decided to close the investigation’
‘We decided to close the investigation’: Mechanisms of complaint and reporting of human rights violations in Egypt in the first half of 2021 In Egypt, […]
Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure
[November 24, 2021] Secretary of State Antony Blinken CC: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Near East Yael Lempert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, […]
UN experts denounce Egypt’s expulsion of asylum-seeking Eritrean family in violation of principle of non-refoulement
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about the forcible return […]
Egypt: Rights groups condemn exceptional sentence given to Elelaimy, Moanes, Fouad, and others and urge president not to ratify it
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the shameful ruling issued today 17 November by the Emergency State Security Court, to five years in prison and […]
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UN Women’s Rights Committee issues its findings and recommendations on Egypt, South Sudan and Yemen
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 16, 2021 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued on […]
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