Egypt: Civil Society “Foreign Funding” Case Remains Unclosed
On 22 August 2023, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) issued a statement announcing the dismissal of criminal cases against 75 of the organizations investigated […]
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On International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.. CFJ Calls on Egypt to Join the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and to stop this systematic practice
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that enforced disappearance constitutes a violation of human rights that extends beyond the disappeared individual to impact their family […]
UN experts concerned over alleged use of Israeli spyware to surveil human rights defenders
News briefing Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: August 28, 2023 UN experts have expressed concerns about the use of surveillance technology […]
Egypt: CFJ denounces crackdown on publisher and human rights activist Hisham Kassem
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that as the date of the presidential elections in Egypt approaches, expected to be held in early 2024, there […]
Egypt: Recent arbitrary practices show no intent to improve human rights situation or release political prisoners
The undersigned organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ targeting of the family of journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gamal Ziada, the arrest of his 58-year-old […]
Case No.108/year 2015/Military/Criminal/Alexandria
رقم الجنايات/الجنح القضية رقم 108 لسنة 2015 جنايات عسكرية الاسكندرية الاسم الإعلامي للقضية القضية 108 عسكرية
Egypt: CFJ documents new death of a political detainee in Gamasa prison, Dakahlia Governorate
Press release Geneva: August 20, 2023 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) documents a new death case in Egypt of the political detainee, Mahmoud Abd […]
CFJ condemns detention of father of activist Fagr el-Adly, calls for an end to targeting families of human rights defenders
Enforced disappearance and German pressures: Egyptian security authorities detained citizen Alaa Al-Din Saad Mohammed el-Adly (59 years old), the father of political activist Fagr el-Adly, […]
Egypt: Iron and Steel company workers stage protest for fellowship fund rights
News briefing By: Committee for Justice (CFJ) Geneva: August 23, 2023 Retired workers from the Iron and Steel Company staged a second protest on […]
Egypt: Head of the General Authority for Adult Education in Egypt threatens workers with persecution
News briefing by Committee for Justice Geneva: 15 August 2023 CFJ has condemned the threats issued by the head of the executive body of […]
Egypt renews detention of two human rights lawyers despite end of their pre-trial detention period
Written by CFJ Geneva 16 August 2023 On August 14, 2023, the Second Circuit (Terrorism) of the Cairo Criminal Court, during its session held […]
Egypt: TV presenter Hala Fahmy begins hunger strike protesting prison abuses
Press Release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 7, 2023 The Committee for Justice has documented the hunger strike undertaken by Hala Fahmy, an […]
Egypt: UN raises concerns over sentences of human rights defenders and their listing on terrorism lists
News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: August 13, 2023 United Nations human rights experts have responded to the judgments handed down by Egyptian […]
Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents 19 violations in July against detainees in prisons and detention centers
The member organizations of the Article 55 Coalition have issued a bulletin on the violations documented in prisons and detention centers in Egypt, during the […]
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