CFJ condemns Egypt’s use of the death penalty in new court verdicts
press release: CFJ, Geneva, 29 September 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Tuesday that the verdicts issued today by Egypt’s Cassation Court in the […]
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UN experts express concern on Covid-19 risks for detained Egyptian human rights defenders
Press release: Translation and editing by CFJ Geneva, 29 September 2020 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their deep concern about […]
Egypt: New ‘record’ campaign of executions against detaineesii
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) organization said that it has received information from several sources that Egyptian authorities in recent days have executed 15 political detainees: 2 of […]
CFJ demands release of activist Alaa Abd El- Fattah and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on 1st anniversary of their arrest
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that it rejects the Egyptian authorities’ continued detention of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, and human rights activist, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, on the first anniversary of their arrest. […]
International demands to reveal the cause of death of Shady Habash in his prison cell in Egypt, and assurances that his death was “arbitrary”
Three UN Special Rapporteurs expressed their grave concern about the death of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash in his prison in early May, and the failure […]
Egypt: Government must stop arbitrary arrests and respect freedom of expression
The undersigned human rights organizations renew their demand for the Egyptian government to respect the rights of free expression and privacy, and for state security […]
Egypt: will the state allow rapists to act with impunity after the ‘Fairmont Crime’?
Even the most optimistic of observers did not expect the Egyptian government to pay attention to the Fairmont Crime, the gang rape scandal in Cairo’s […]
CFJ demands investigation into the death of political prisoner Amr Abu Khalil
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemned the death of the detainee Dr. Amr Abu Khalil at the maximum-security of Aqrab (part of the Tora prison complex) in Egypt’s capital Cairo, as an extrajudicial killing. Abu Khalil passed away on Sunday 6 […]
Egypt: Public prosecution must fulfil its role in conducting independent investigations, not state security investigations
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce and call for an immediate end to the Egyptian government’s relentless retaliatory campaign targeting opposition, political activists, human rights […]
From Neglect To Calamity
From neglect to calamity: CFJ report documents thousands of violations against detainees in prisons and detention centres in Egypt Believing in the freedom to […]
CFJ: Egypt’s sentencing of Bahey Eldin Hassan is part of a systematic campaign against human rights advocates
Press Statement The Committee for Justice (CFJ) rejects the court ruling issued on Tuesday against human rights advocate Mr Bahey Eldin Hassan, the director of […]
UN human rights experts warn of the risk of prolonged detention of human rights defenders in Egypt amid COVID-19 pandemic
UN human rights experts have warned that the prolonged and unnecessary pre-trial detention of dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders exposes them to a serious […]
CFJ: Egypt’s new prison visit regulations exacerbate suffering of detainees
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has announced the resumption of visits to all public prisons and penitentiaries across the country, in accordance with specific controls […]
Two new coronavirus deaths in Egypt’s jails as number of cases rise to 331
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the rise in the number of confirmed and suspected cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) among detainees, police officers and […]
UN rapporteurs express grave concerns over the arrest of 5 activists by the Egyptian government
UN experts have expressed grave concern about the pre-trial arrest and detention by the Egyptian government of prominent human rights activists and trade union leaders. […]
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