UN rapporteurs demand review of Egypt’s NGO law following complaint
Press release Written and translated by: The Committee for Justice Geneva, September 7, 2021 In response to a complaint filed by seven Egyptian rights organizations, […]
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UN concerned about Egypt’s NGO law, calls for societal dialogue
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, September 7, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concerns about Law 149/2019 (the NGO Law), […]
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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ
The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]
Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect
The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons in Egypt is evidence of the level of neglect that these detention centres and prisons […]
UN concerned about prolonged detention and torture of 12 human rights defenders in Egypt
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 15 August 2021 UN experts stated that 12 human rights defenders in Egypt have been […]
Egypt: Changing prison authority’s name is ‘propaganda’ as rights violations continue
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior’s decision to change the name of the Prisons Authority to the Community Protection Authority will do nothing to change the fact […]
After a complaint by the Committee for Justice, UN calls for the release of Egyptian activists and an end to their prolonged detention
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 July 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]
Endless Emergency: CFJ analytical paper discusses effects of the state of emergency on human rights in Egypt
The state of emergency has become the dominant feature in Egypt under the various ruling regimes since the end of the nineteenth century until now. […]
Egypt: Prisoner hunger strikes expose the interior ministry’s propaganda
A number of prisoners of conscience in Egypt have started a hunger strike in protest at the violations they are exposed to and their poor […]
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Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary
Yesterday July 14, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of human rights defenders Zyad Elelaimy, Ramy Shaath, and eleven others regarding their inclusion on […]
Report on violations in Case No. 9115 of 2016 South Giza District, known in the media as the “Helwan Microbus Case”
The Committee for Justice said today that as part of its Justice Watch project, it has examined the files of case No. 9115 of 2020, […]
UN fears that the lives of two Egyptian brothers were endangered after their arrest and torture following the 2013 military coup
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 13, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concern about the suffering of the two brothers, […]
UN calls on Egypt to halt and review pending death sentences
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 13 July 2021 United Nations human rights experts have called on the Egyptian authorities to […]
CFJ director: Human rights violations in the MENA region are due to lack of political will, not shortage of laws
News briefing Written and translated by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 30 June 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, participated in […]
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Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability
Coinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the undersigned independent human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s systematic practice of torture […]
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