EGYPT: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF AL-SISI
Amnesty International Italy, Human Rights Watch and DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, in cooperation with the Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the Egyptian Commission […]
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Egypt: UN concerned about the arrest and inclusion of two activists on terrorist lists
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 October 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about the arbitrary detention of Egyptian human […]
Egypt: UN concerned about execution of a citizen and the systematic use of torture to extract confessions
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 10, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have voices their concerns about the alleged […]
Egypt: New mass death sentences in Minya despite international outcry
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned Egypt’s continued issuing of mass death sentences despite apparent violations of due process. The Egyptian Minya Criminal Court […]
UN experts condemn Israeli arrests and judicial harassment of 8 activists in occupied Palestine and Israel
Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 3 October 2021 UN human rights experts have condemned the arrests, judicial harassment, criminalization and threats against […]
Egypt’s executions frenzy continues in second quarter of 2021
Authorities in Egypt have intensified executions between April and June 2021, amid international inaction and a US desire to place political and economic interests above […]
Is Egypt fighting terrorism or causing it?
It is not surprising that Egyptian authorities continue to attack the public sphere and launch campaigns of repression that affect everyone, disguised in a legal, […]
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After a complaint by CFJ, UN demands Egypt to stop implementing the rulings of the Rabaa dispersal case
News briefing Geneva, 15 September 2021 Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Seven United Nations special rapporteurs have issued an urgent action regarding […]
Egypt: Human rights catastrophe results from lack of political will, not lack of a national strategy to whitewash reality
Respect for human rights in Egypt – where the most fundamental rights to life, bodily integrity, and justice are violated by state institutions and agencies […]
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Biden Decision to Grant Military Aid to Egypt a Betrayal of Its Human Rights Commitments
The Biden administration’s reported decision to bypass the human rights conditions on $300 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) is a […]
After 19 months of Pre-trial Detention, Patrick Zaki’s Trial Begins Tomorrow before Emergency Court
The undersigned organisations condemn the decision of the State Security Supreme Prosecution (SSSP) to indict Patrick Zaki, the researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal […]
10 rights groups stand in solidarity with members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms referred to Emergency Court
Ten human rights organizations today said they stood in full solidarity with leaders and members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, whose trial […]
UN rapporteurs demand review of Egypt’s NGO law following complaint
Press release Written and translated by: The Committee for Justice Geneva, September 7, 2021 In response to a complaint filed by seven Egyptian rights organizations, […]
UN concerned about Egypt’s NGO law, calls for societal dialogue
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva, September 7, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concerns about Law 149/2019 (the NGO Law), […]
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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ
The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]
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