10 rights groups stand in solidarity with members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms referred to Emergency Court 

09/09/2021

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 […]

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UN rapporteurs demand review of Egypt’s NGO law following complaint 

07/09/2021

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, […]

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UN concerned about Egypt’s NGO law, calls for societal dialogue

07/09/2021

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 

30/08/2021

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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UN concerned about prolonged detention and torture of 12 human rights defenders in Egypt

17/08/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva, 15 August 2021   UN experts stated that 12 human rights defenders in Egypt have been […]

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After a complaint by the Committee for Justice, UN calls for the release of Egyptian activists and an end to their prolonged detention

30/07/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 July 2021 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]

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Endless Emergency: CFJ analytical paper discusses effects of the state of emergency on human rights in Egypt

28/07/2021

The state of emergency has become the dominant feature in Egypt under the various ruling regimes since the end of the nineteenth century until now. […]

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Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary

15/07/2021

Yesterday July 14, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of human rights defenders Zyad Elelaimy, Ramy Shaath, and eleven others regarding their inclusion on […]

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Report on violations in Case No. 9115 of 2016 South Giza District, known in the media as the “Helwan Microbus Case”

15/07/2021

The Committee for Justice said today that as part of its Justice Watch project, it has examined the files of case No. 9115 of 2020, […]

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UN fears that the lives of two Egyptian brothers were endangered after their arrest and torture following the 2013 military coup

14/07/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 13, 2021 UN experts have expressed their concern about the suffering of the two brothers, […]

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UN calls on Egypt to halt and review pending death sentences 

13/07/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva, 13 July 2021   United Nations human rights experts have called on the Egyptian authorities to […]

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CFJ director: Human rights violations in the MENA region are due to lack of political will, not shortage of laws

09/07/2021

News briefing Written and translated by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 30 June 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, participated in […]

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Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability

28/06/2021

Coinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the undersigned independent human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s systematic practice of torture […]

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Call for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts and fate of former parliamentarian, Mustafa Al-Naggar, after 1,000 days of enforced disappearance

25/06/2021

The undersigned organizations express their deep concern about the continued disappearance of dentist and former parliamentarian, Mostafa Al-Naggar, on its 1000th day, and call on […]

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Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison

23/06/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State […]

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