Egypt: Presidential pardon demanded following verdict upholding imprisonment of human rights defender Amal Fathy

13/01/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the ruling on 11 January  by the Egyptian Court of Cassation upholding the imprisonment of human rights  defender Amal […]

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New court hearing for Regeni’s trial, amid Italy’s relentless efforts to notify the Egyptian perpetrators 

10/01/2022

 News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 10, 2022 The judges in the trial of the killers of the Italian graduate student, Giulio Regeni, […]

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EGYPT: AUTHORITIES MUST REPEAL THE OUTRAGEOUS NGO LAW

10/01/2022

In response to reports that the Egyptian government has decided to delay by six months the deadline requiring civil society organisations (CSOs) to register under […]

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Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees

04/01/2022

The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about continued detention of 4 human rights defenders  

04/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 4 January 2022 UN experts have expressed their serious concerns about the continued renewal of the […]

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CFJ: Egypt failed to deal with Covid-19 inside detention centers and prisons

27/12/2021

The spike in Covid-19 infections in Egyptian prisons between March 2020 and August 2021 indicates Egypt’s failure to confront the pandemic in its detention facilities, […]

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Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim

21/12/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict, on 20 December, of five years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and […]

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Joint statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen”

16/12/2021

Ahead of the verdict of the Emergency Court on 20 December, we, the undersigned organisations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release […]

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Egypt: 100 days since the launch of Sisi’s deceptive human rights strategy

10/12/2021

The Committee for Justice said that the reality observed on the ground in Egypt 100 days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi launched the National […]

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Human rights organizations demand the release of political activist and writer Ahmed Douma

03/12/2021

On December 3, 2021, Ahmed Douma, writer, political activist and one of the most prominent symbols of the January 2011 revolution, enters his eighth year […]

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UN condemns misuse of counter-terrorism measures in Egypt amid calls for release of 3 activists 

02/12/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: December 2, 2021   United Nations human rights experts called on Egypt to stop the misuse of counter-terrorism […]

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Joint Letter to Secretary Blinken Following the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue

26/11/2021

November 23, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 CC: Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Yael […]

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‘We decided to close the investigation’

24/11/2021

‘We decided to close the investigation’: Mechanisms of complaint and reporting of human rights violations in Egypt in the first half of 2021 In Egypt, […]

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Joint Statement: The Biden Administration’s U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue Was a Human Rights Failure

24/11/2021

[November 24, 2021] Secretary of State Antony Blinken CC: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Near East Yael Lempert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, […]

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UN experts denounce Egypt’s expulsion of asylum-seeking Eritrean family in violation of principle of non-refoulement 

21/11/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 21, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about the forcible return […]

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