ARTICLE 55 Coalition Organizations Issue Monthly Bulletin on Conditions in Detention Centers and Prisons in Egypt for January 2024

15/02/2024

[Geneva], [11 February 2024] – The Article 55 coalition, comprising various human rights organizations, highlights significant developments in Egypt’s human rights and political landscape during […]

Read More

Egypt: CFJ Condemns Worker Rights Violations at “Universal” Factory, Urges Resolution of Financial Dues

14/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 11, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) condemns the reported violations against workers at the “Universal” factory for home […]

Read More

Tunisia: CFJ Denounces Referral of Student Activist in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences to Disciplinary Board Over Expressing Views

14/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 11, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ has monitored the referral of the administration of the Faculty of Humanities […]

Read More

UN Experts Condemn Alleged Israeli Undercover Killings in West Bank Hospital as Potential War Crimes

14/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 11, 2024   UN experts are raising serious concerns about Israel’s alleged extrajudicial killings of three Palestinian men at the […]

Read More

Egypt: CFJ Urges Clarity on Activist Ahmed Geka’s Status, Raises Concerns of Persistent Detention Threats

14/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 11, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) reports a loss of communication with Egyptian political activist Ahmed Hamdi El-Sayed […]

Read More

Egypt: CFJ condemns mass death sentences in Hilwan case

13/02/2024

The Egyptian Court of Cassation, in its session on January 24, 2024, headed by Judge Adel Al-Saeed Al-Kinani, sentenced seven people to death on terrorism […]

Read More

CFJ issues Justice for HRDs fourth quarterly bulletin for October to December 2023

13/02/2024

In this fourth quarterly bulletin of the Justice for Human Rights Defenders project in 2023, the Committee for Justice documented violations against human rights defenders […]

Read More

Joint Statement – Thirteen Years After Mubarak’s Ouster, Unprecedented Repression and Economic Instability in Egypt

12/02/2024

Thirteen years after Egyptians courageously took to the streets and forced the autocratic president Hosni Mubarak to step down after nearly three decades in power, […]

Read More

CFJ: New law on securing public facilities in Egypt amounts to ‘militarization’ of the state

12/02/2024

Egypt’s recent approval of Law No. 3 of 2024, on ‘securing and protecting public and vital facilities’, raises concerns about the increasing dominance of military […]

Read More

Egypt: CFJ Monitors Political Detainees’ Partial Hunger Strike in Wadi El-Natroun Prison, Urges Dialogue

08/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 7, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) is closely monitoring the partial hunger strike initiated by political detainees within […]

Read More

Tunisia: CFJ Rejects Terrorism Accusations Against Journalist Ziad El Hani, Urges an End to Arbitrary Measures

08/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 7, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has rejected the terrorism accusations leveled against Tunisian journalist and press freedom […]

Read More

Tunisia: CFJ calls for a halt to the verdict against human rights activist Rashad Tamboura and review laws that limit freedom of expression

08/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 7, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the confirmation of the sentence issued by the Court of […]

Read More

Egypt: Workers at ‘Five Stars’ mills in Suez sit-in protesting reduction of their financial dues, CFJ’s stands in solidarity with their demands

08/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 6, 2024   The workers at the “Five Stars” mills in the Ataka area of the Suez Governorate, Egypt, staged […]

Read More

CFJ urges halt to verdict against Tantawi and his campaign, calls to stop using judicial rulings in political battles

07/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 6, 2024   In a significant development, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) has called for an immediate suspension of the […]

Read More

Egypt: Journalists from ‘Al-Bawsala’ Magazine stage protest, urging inclusion in registration committee of the Journalists Syndicate

07/02/2024

Press release Geneva – February 6, 2024   Journalists of the Egyptian economic magazine “Al-Bawsala” organized a protest on February 3 outside the Journalists Syndicate’s […]

Read More