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Egypt: New Wadi al-Natrun prison an attempt to beautify, not reverse violations
Egypt’s launch of the new Wadi al-Natrun prison and its promotion of it to foreign and local observers is part of the state’s propaganda to […]
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Sister of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and parents of Regeni attack EU’s human rights policy towards Egypt
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 31, 2021 Mona Seif, human rights defender and sister of the detained Egyptian activist […]
CFJ director criticizes EU’s approach towards Egypt’s human rights
Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 28, 2021 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) director Ahmed Mefreh criticizes the EU’s official view on the […]
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Following CFJ complaint: European Parliament Human Rights Committee is concerned about the appalling treatment of human rights defenders in Egypt
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 28, 2021 Members of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee have expressed their deep […]
EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]
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Joint statement: Regeni trial must continue despite Egypt’s failure to cooperate
The signatory organizations express profound concern at the recent developments in the trial of Egyptian officials over the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni. The […]
Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges
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 […]
CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity
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 […]
EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI
Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]
Egypt: UN concerned about the arrest and inclusion of two activists on terrorist lists
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 […]
Egypt: UN concerned about execution of a citizen and the systematic use of torture to extract confessions
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 […]
Egypt: New mass death sentences in Minya despite international outcry
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 […]
UN experts condemn Israeli arrests and judicial harassment of 8 activists in occupied Palestine and Israel
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 […]
Egypt’s executions frenzy continues in second quarter of 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 […]
Is Egypt fighting terrorism or causing it?
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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