UN experts concerned about torture of female detainees in Al-Qanater Prison in Egypt

16/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 16, 2021 UN experts confirmed that the serious human rights violations that women detained in Al-Qanater […]

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Report on the violations in Case No. 2 of 2020/Central Cairo/Emergency State Security (Mamdouh Hamza case)

15/02/2021

Press statement: Mamdouh Hamza case Report on the violations in Case No. 2 of 2020/Central Cairo/Emergency State Security, registered under No. 4148 of 2020, Felonies/Qasr […]

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UN Group: Egypt’s arrest of human rights activist Ramy Shaath is arbitrary

15/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 15, 2021 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council confirmed […]

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Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers

12/02/2021

12 February 2021 The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central […]

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2020: A year of breaching the right of defence

11/02/2021

CFJ annual report: 2020: A year of breaching the right of defence The right to a fair trial is one of the most basic human […]

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Egypt | Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action

10/02/2021

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue  (Geneva – February 9, 2021) Egypt’s human rights community is facing “annihilation” by President Abdel Fattah […]

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A woman’s guide to a safe day in Egypt

09/02/2021

Welcome dear, is this your first visit to Egypt? No problem, it is OK. You just have to know all the rules and laws to […]

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Egypt: State authorities must be held to account for violence perpetrated against detained journalist Solafa Magdy

08/02/2021

The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecutor to urgently open credible investigations into the physical assaults, acts of harassment, and abuse […]

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Mefreh: Everyone in Egypt is targeted, including children

27/01/2021

Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 26, 2021   The executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that there are no red lines in Egypt now, and that everyone […]

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Egypt’s human rights situation hits record low on the 10th anniversary of the revolution

25/01/2021

On the 10th anniversary of the 25 January revolution, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemned Egypt’s intensified crackdown on hundreds of citizens as part of its […]

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In a press interview, CFJ director reveals the positive and negative effects of the January 25 revolution on the human rights community in Egypt

25/01/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 25, 2021 The executive director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said that the […]

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Regeni case: In Egypt, no one is safe, says CFJ director

23/12/2020

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 22, 2020 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh, said […]

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After one-year anniversary of unwarranted arrest and solitary confinement, Ramy Kamel must be freed

22/12/2020

As November 23, 2020 marked one year of solitary confinement for Ramy Kamel, a Coptic Egyptian Human rights defender, 15 organizations urge American and European […]

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Egypt: UN demand halting the execution of a monk tortured to confess to alleged crimes

21/12/2020

Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 21, 2020 UN experts have expressed their concern about the Egyptian authorities’ mistreatment of two members of […]

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Egypt: New record in the implementation of the death penalty

17/12/2020

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said Wednesday that Egyptian authorities implemented a record number of executions in the past two months amid international silence about […]

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