Report on the violations in Case No. 3654/2014, Criminal/Military/Ismailia, registered under No. 58/2014 Criminal/Military/Partial/al-Mansoura

20/02/2021

The events of that incident date back to September 2014, when reports were received about the presence of adhesive material on the numbers of automated […]

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Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families End Hostage-Like Arrests

19/02/2021

(Beirut, February 19, 2021) The Egyptian authorities’ targeting of families in Egypt of activists and human rights defenders living abroad has been escalating, demonstrating a […]

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Egyptian authorities weaponize acts of reprisal to silence human rights advocates, academics, and their families

17/02/2021

On Sunday 14 February, National security forces raided the house of human rights advocate Mohamed Sultan’s cousins and uncles and arrested one of them. A […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Egypt does not abide by international standards of fair trials

17/02/2021

A spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Yasmine Hajar, has emphasized that the principle of the right to a fair trial is one of […]

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Egypt: Enforced disappearance of lawyer Islam Salama condemned by rights organizations amid calls on the Ministry of Interior to implement his release

17/02/2021

17 February 2021 The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned by the Egyptian government’s constant abuse of lawyer Islam Salama, who has been forcibly […]

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Report on the violations in Case No. 269/2015 Criminal/ Military/Ismailia، registered as 96/2015 Criminal/Military/ Mansoura

16/02/2021

The events date back to 6/12/2014 when a fire broke out in the power transformer of the village of Aweesh al-Hajar in Dakahliya governorate, causing […]

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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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