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Joint Statements
Egypt: Human rights organizations condemn authorities for targeting journalists, bloggers, and online content creators, and demand immediate release of those detained
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities for the continued imprisonment of journalists, bloggers, online content creators, and others under Case no. 440 and Case no. 441 of 2022. The combined group of defendants in cases no. 440 and no. 441 faced the same list of charges, all […]
28 Civil society organizations condemn the continued blocking of Al-Manassa website and call on the Egyptian authorities to lift the blocking of dozens of news websites
1 August 2022 The undersigned civil society organizations condemn the […]
Egypt: Public Prosecution called on to investigate the torture, medical negligence and assault of Douma and Santawy in Tora Prison
Joint Statement The torture and assault of political activist Ahmed […]
Detention Watch Project
Egypt: CFJ calls for transparent probe into disappearance of French national
The Committee for Justice calls for transparency in Egypt’s investigations […]
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 […]
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: CFJ calls for transparent UN probe into murder of economist Hadhoud
The Committee for Justice said that under the pretext of […]
Civil society to the UK Foreign Office: Free human rights defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah
To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs […]
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 […]