Egypt treats detainees as hostages, uses them to bargain with Biden’s administration, says rights group director

15/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by Committee for Justice Geneva, December 15, 2020 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, said that Egyptian authorities are treating political detainees […]

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The Giulio Regenis of Egypt: Deaths in custody in Egypt since 2013

10/12/2020

Press release: by Committee for Justice Geneva 10 December 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Thursday that it has documented a remarkable increase […]

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Egypt: Rights groups hold the authorities accountable for the life of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel, marking the one-year anniversary of his imprisonment in reprisal for human rights advocacy and cooperation with the United Nations

09/12/2020

Joint Statement This week marks an entire year spent by Coptic activist Ramy Kamel behind bars. The undersigned human rights organizations denounce Ramy’s continued arbitrary […]

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Egypt: Sisi is using human rights defenders as a bargaining chip

03/12/2020

Egypt’s crackdown on members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) forewarns of a second wave of branding civil society work as “terrorism,” in […]

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Action for Egyptian human rights defenders

03/12/2020

The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the persecution of employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and Egyptian civil society by the Egyptian government. […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about use of terrorism courts to take revenge on Bahey El-Din Hassan and other human rights defenders

02/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 2 December 2020 A group of UN human rights experts have expressed their concern about Egypt’s […]

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The Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms: Two years of arrest and repression 

02/12/2020

Press release By: Committee for Justice  Geneva: December 2, 2020 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Wednesday that two years after authorities in Egypt […]

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UN concerned about harsh detention conditions of Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt and Tiktok women influencers

01/12/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 December 2020 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern over the harsh detention conditions […]

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Egypt: Open letter to President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Harris

30/11/2020

The undersigned Egyptian civil society organizations extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on your victory in the 2020 United States […]

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UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats

27/11/2020

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 27 November 2020 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arbitrary arrest of three […]

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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian women suffer increased repression

25/11/2020

Press Release Geneve: 25 November 2020 As the world celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Egyptian authorities are inflicting various forms […]

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UN High Commissioner Spokesperson: The arrest of three human rights defenders in Egypt is a “very worrying development”

24/11/2020

Press release:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice, Geneva, November 20, 2020 The Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said […]

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Three scenarios: Repression by Egypt’s Sisi in the wake of Joe Biden’s elections

24/11/2020

In the 2020 US elections, American citizens have not only chosen their president for the next four years, but their choices are likely to affect […]

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On World Children’s Day, CFJ calls for saving Egypt’s detained children

20/11/2020

On World Children’s Day on November 20, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) organisation condemns Egypt’s utter disrespect for children’s rights, enshrined and prioritised in international […]

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Human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights while affirming their continuous work defending human rights

19/11/2020

Cairo 19 November 2020 The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the arrest of Gasser Abdel Razek, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights […]

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