Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer: 1000 days of arbitrary detention
June 23, 2022 – Human rights defender Mohamed El-Baqer must be released immediately and unconditionally, stated 19 human rights organisations. His detention is arbitrary, aimed […]
Egypt
Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent UN probe into murder of economist Hadhoud
The Committee for Justice said that under the pretext of fighting terrorism, the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has effectively given officials at […]
Egypt: Three men detained over TikTok mosque singing video on charges of ‘spreading false news’
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 20, 2022 The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has concluded its investigations with 3 young men […]
CFJ urges Sudan to stop deporting Egyptian dissidents to Cairo
The Committee for Justice last week documented the deportation of 11 Egyptian nationals by Sudanese authorities from Khartoum to Cairo. Those deported included women and […]
Egypt: CFJ launches ‘Political Trials Calendar’ for researchers and rights defenders
The Committee for Justice has launched the Political Trials Calendar online tool to facilitate the search for the dates of the sessions of important human […]
Egypt: Preacher sentenced to 15 years in prison for allegedly joining Free Syrian Army
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: 9 June 2022 The Cairo Criminal Court has issued a sentence convicting the well-known Egyptian preacher, Mahmoud Shaaban, […]
Egypt: Human Rights Defenders Bulletin
January – March 2022 During the first quarter of 2022, the Committee for Justice documented a number of violations against 5 human rights defenders. Human […]
Human Rights Defenders Watch
How Are The Human Rights Defenders? Human rights defenders are defined globally based on the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as […]
Egypt: Court holds first session in the retrial of activist and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawi
The Supreme State Security Misdemeanors Court on Monday June 6 held its first session in the retrial of the Egyptian activist and researcher, Ahmed Samir […]
Egypt: President must overturn unjust verdicts against politicians Aboul- Fotouh, Mohamed al-Qassas, Moaz al-Sharqawi, and Yahia Hussein Abdel Hadi
The undersigned organizations condemn the unjust sentences handed down on 29 May by the Emergency State Security Felony Court in Case no. 1059 of 2021 […]
Civil society to the UK Foreign Office: Free human rights defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah
To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Elizabeth Truss, and the UK Foreign Office 27 May, 2022 British-Egyptian […]
Egypt: Calls on the African Human Rights Committee to condemn violations in detention facilities in Egypt
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 23, 2022 The Committee for Justice and ISHR said that despite repeated calls by […]
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Free Them All: A Fair and Transparent Process to Release Political Prisoners in Egypt
May 2022 1- Addressing the crisis of the arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Egypt is a necessary, urgent and long overdue step. Egypt has […]
Egyptian prisons: rehabilitation centres or graves for human rights
The 2021 annual report by the Committee for Justice has shed light on the latest developments in Egypt’s human rights climate, above all was the […]
Egypt: Paper highlights role of families of victims of human rights abuses in political change
A paper published by the Committee for Justice today, titled “Egypt: How families of victims of human rights violations have organized to become an active […]
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