Egypt: Detainee dies of coronavirus in a maximum-security prison, conditions worsen at another prison in 10th of Ramadan City

03/07/2020

Committee for Justice (CFJ) confirms that the detainee Saeed Ghobashi Muhammad Amir, 58, has died in his cell at the maximum-security Gamasa prison in northern […]

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Rights defender Ahmed Amasha re-arrested, forcibly disappeared for second time

01/07/2020

The undersigned human rights organisations denounce the arrest and disappearance by Egyptian authorities of trade unionist and human rights defender Ahmed Amasha, after his family […]

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Egypt: In solidarity with Gamal Eid,

29/06/2020

Rights organizations affirm reprisals will not stop human rights movement from exposing violations and authoritarian practices Joint Statement The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the […]

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Egypt: Rights Defender’s Relatives Arrested

26/06/2020

(Geneva, Switzerland) – The ongoing harassment and intimidation by Egyptian security forces of the family of a US national seeking justice, truth, and reparation is […]

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IMF: Delay Vote on Loan to Egypt

24/06/2020

Link Approval to Robust Anti-Corruption Measures (Washington, DC, June 24, 2020) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should delay a vote on a US$5.2 billion […]

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Egypt: In security campaign to protect family values, Public Prosecution abdicates its duty to protect citizens

24/06/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the ongoing security campaign led by Egypt’s Public Prosecution against users of the social media platform Tiktok,  […]

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Human Rights Organizations Condemn The General Prosecutor’s Inaction After Abducting Sana Seif In Front Of His Office And Demand Her Immediate Release

23/06/2020

The undersigned NGOs condemn the series of violations the arbitrarily detained activist Alaa Abd-El Fattah’s family has faced. The last of which was today, when […]

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Egypt: the campaign against Gamal Eid must stop!”

23/06/2020

the undersigned organizations strongly condemn the campaign recently launched by the Egyptian authorities against the director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), […]

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During the pandemic

18/06/2020

Committee for Justice issues a report on human rights violations inside the Egyptian Places of Detention in March-April 2020 amid the outbreak of Coronavirus  Committee […]

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Egypt: Public Prosecutor and Minister of Interior must disclose names and numbers of Covid-19 cases in Egyptian detention facilities

15/06/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations condemn the response of the Egyptian government towards the plight of detainees inside the country’s prisons and other detention […]

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Two ‘positive’ cases of detainees in Husayniyya and 10th of Ramadan (Sharqiyya) and 3 other suspected cases

09/06/2020

Committee for Justice has verified the death of a remand detainee in Tora (Investigation) prison, located in Tora Prisons’ Complex in southern Cairo, after being […]

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Death of a detainee suspected of contracting the Coronavirus, and positive test of another case

08/06/2020

Death of detainee ‘Hasan Ziyadah’ after being suspected of contracting Coronavirus Committee for Justice (CFJ) announced the death of a detainee in AlMahallah AlKoubra Police […]

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Committee for Justice announces the launching of ‘Justice Watch Archive’

03/06/2020

Media statement Geneva- Wednesday 3 June 2020 Committee for Justice announces the launching of ‘Justice Watch Archive’ to enable human rights actors in Egypt and […]

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“Corona Meter” A new platform by ‘Committee for Justice’ to follow up with the spread of Covid-19 pandemic inside prisons and Egyptian places of detention.

22/05/2020

‘Corona Meter’ is a new platform that works on disseminating data and information obtained by CFJ by merits of its work on monitoring detention centers […]

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The death of the first detainee suspected of being infected with the Corona virus in Hahya Police station

18/05/2020

Committee for Justice calls upon the Egyptian Interior and Health ministries to reveal the truth about infections, and suspected infections, with COVID-19 inside a number […]

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