Egypt: CFJ documents second suicide attempt in custody in September
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: 26th September 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has reported a second suicide attempt in the month […]
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CFJ urges Egypt’s authorities to reveal whereabouts of elderly woman forcibly disappeared over pleas for son’s release
The Committee for Justice has urged the Egyptian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of an elderly woman who forcibly disappeared due to her continuous demands […]
Egypt: CFJ denounces trial of lawyer and rights advocate Osama Mohamed Morsi in connection with new cases that occurred during his detention
Press Release Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 24, 2023 The Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt has investigated the lawyer and […]
Egypt: CFJ documents a new death in detention center due to poor detention conditions and medical negligence
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 19, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a new death inside an Egyptian detention […]
Egypt: Sentencing of Hesham Kassem confirms National Dialogue is a farce,as repeatedly warned by rights groups
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sentencing of prominent dissident Hesham Kassem on 16 September to six months in prison and an EGP 20,000 […]
Committee for Justice: Galal El Behairy’s suicide attempt a distressing indicator of dire conditions for political detainees in Egypt
The Committee for Justice has expressed grave concerns over the escalating number of suicide attempts among those political detainees in Egypt. CFJ believes this disturbing […]
Egypt: New CFJ paper documents extremism in prisons and methods to confront it
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) highlighted in a new research paper how extremism is cultivated within Egyptian detention centers and prisons, and explores ways to […]
Egypt: 10th of Ramadan Prison reinstates visitation ban on Hoda Abdel Moneim; CFJ demands adherence to prison regulations
Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 17, 2023 The Committee for Justice has reported that the administration of the 10th of Ramadan […]
CFJ documents 28th death in custody in 2023 of a political detainee in Toukh prison, Al Qalyubia, Egypt
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 17, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the 28th death inside detention centers in […]
Restructuring the Muslim Brotherhood’s specific committees
Case Number Case Number 980 for 2022, New Cairo Felony/Misdemeanor number Case Number 4743 for 2022, Shorouk Criminal Court Case registration number Case Number 1360 […]
Egypt: Hisham Kassem suspends hunger strike, CFJ commends his decision and urges judicial neutrality
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023 Publisher, journalist, and former president of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, as well […]
Egypt: Article 55 Coalition demands international inspection of prisons after leaked videos
Recent video leaks showcasing the conditions within the Badr Prison Complex—a facility often presented by Egyptian officials as a model prison —have spotlighted the magnitude […]
Egypt: CFJ calls for release of workers’ rights defender Sameh Zakaria and an end to pretrial detention for activists
Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023 The Cairo Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prisons Complex, has renewed the detention […]
After CFJ’s reports about his disappearance, fate of Teachers’ Movement founder revealed
News briefing Written by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: September 13, 2023 Sources close to the Egyptian authorities have disclosed the fate of Mohamed […]
Egypt: CFJ documents two deaths in custody in less than 24 Hours due to neglect, toll hits 27 in 2023
News briefing By: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: September 11, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented two new deaths in custody Egypt […]
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