Latest Press Releases
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Joint Statements
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Free Them All: A Fair and Transparent Process to Release Political Prisoners in Egypt
May 2022 1- Addressing the crisis of the arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Egypt is a necessary, urgent and long overdue step. Egypt has become one of the world’s top jailers of political dissidents in recent years in terms of the number of those arbitrarily detained on political charges. […]
Halt the execution of of 16 men sentenced to death by an Emergency Court
The undersigned human rights organizations called upon the the President […]
Egypt: Atrocious prison conditions require genuine rather than superficial changes to the law regulating prisons
Egypt’s parliament approved the amendment of several provisions of Law […]
Detention Watch Project
Egypt: New wave of executions against 7 defendants in political cases
The international silence on human rights violations in Egypt, especially […]
EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech
Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 […]
CFJ: Trial of Regeni killers a milestone against impunity
As the trial of the suspected killers of the Italian […]
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 […]
Trial Watch Project
Egypt: New mass death sentences in Minya despite international outcry
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has condemned Egypt’s continued issuing […]
Egypt: CFJ calls for reversing death penalty and lengthy prison sentences in ‘Helwan Microbus Cell’ case
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemned the verdicts issued on […]
Human Rights Defenders Watch
Egypt: Unjust verdict must not be ratified against activists Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, and Mohamed Ibrahim
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Emergency State Security […]
CFJ demands release of activist Alaa Abd El- Fattah and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on 1st anniversary of their arrest
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that it rejects the Egyptian authorities’ continued detention of […]
Article 55
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Egypt: New Wadi al-Natrun prison an attempt to beautify, not reverse violations
Egypt’s launch of the new Wadi al-Natrun prison and its […]
Egypt does not need more prisons
The undersigned organizations and campaigns condemn statements by the Egyptian […]
Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect
The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons […]
Egypt: Changing prison authority’s name is ‘propaganda’ as rights violations continue
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior’s decision to change the name of […]