Egypt: Rights groups demand immediate release of activist Sanaa Seif
16 March, 2021 Joint press release In conjunction with the trial session of the Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand […]
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Joint Statement on Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body
Geneva, March 12, 2021) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning […]
On International Women’s Day: Women in Egypt live an unjust reality, and face a dark future
On the occasion of International Women’s Day () on 8 March, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that Egyptian women are subjected to an unprecedented […]
Egypt: Archaic Amendments to Personal Status Law Undermine Women’s Rights
The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of Representatives […]
CFJ spokeswoman: Civil society exists in Egypt despite repression
News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 March 2021 The spokeswoman of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that […]
Release Manar to join her child
On the 9th of March 2019 a family was abducted by security forces from their home in Alexandria. The family included the father Omar Abdel […]
Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society
25 February 2021 The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as […]
CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now
News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series […]
CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now
News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series […]
UN experts criticize the continued imprisonment of Egyptian activists, including Oxygen and Patrick Zaki, and demand an end to the violations against them
Country: Egypt News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 23, 2021 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave […]
UN experts concerned about the death of 3 detainees in Egypt’s prisons due to health care denial
News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 21, 2021 A group of UN experts sent a memorandum to the Egyptian authorities regarding the […]
Report on the violations in Case No. 22/2015 Criminal/Military/Total/Ismailia, registered under Case No. 4/2015, Criminal/Military/Partial/Mansoura
On 4/6/2014, clashes took place between demonstrators and security forces in front of the Toshka Gate outside the Mansoura University campus, where the defendants were […]
Report on the violations in Case No. 3654/2014, Criminal/Military/Ismailia, registered under No. 58/2014 Criminal/Military/Partial/al-Mansoura
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 […]
Egypt: Escalating Reprisals, Arrests of Critics’ Families End Hostage-Like Arrests
(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 […]
Egyptian authorities weaponize acts of reprisal to silence human rights advocates, academics, and their families
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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