Egypt: CFJ documents 2,238 human rights violations in last three months of 2022
The last quarter of 2022 was replete with human rights violations committed by the Egyptian authorities. The abuses occurred in conjunction with the calls for […]
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Egypt: Crisis by design, a human rights report by independent Egyptian organizations to the UN
The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, as confirmed by the mid-term report submitted by the […]
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer
On January 24 every year, the world marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer to commemorate the killing of four lawyers and their colleague […]
Egypt: Fourth quarterly bulletin documents Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s hunger strike and violations against defenders and lawyers
The Committee for Justice has released the fourth bulletin of the Human Rights Defenders Watch project, which documented violations against human rights defenders from October […]
After CFJ complaints, UN calls on Egypt to release politician Aboul Fotouh and provide him immediate access to health care
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 18, 2023 UN human rights experts call on the Egyptian authorities to ensure adequate […]
UN reacts to CFJ’s complaints on the detention, disappearance and torture of Egyptian human rights defender Ahmed Amasha
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: January 16, 2023 UN experts have expressed grave concerns about the repeated enforced disappearance, torture, […]
Research paper: Activism of human rights defenders in the Egyptian diaspora
While some human rights defenders carry out their peaceful activism under authoritarian regimes, some of them may choose or be forced to seek refuge abroad […]
Egypt: Rights Groups Call for the Release of an Egyptian-American Citizen Arrested in Dubai
The undersigned organizations condemn the arrest of Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman in the UAE, amid fears of deporting him to Egypt. We call on the […]
Egypt: CFJ third 2022 quarterly report documents 1,453 human rights violations
In its third quarterly report for the year 2022, the Committee for Justice documented 1,453 human rights violations in Egyptian prisons and detention centers. The […]
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European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis
12 regional, international and Egyptian CSOs welcome the European Parliament’s plenary debate on Egypt’s human rights situation and EU policy toward the country, with Commissioner […]
CFJ: Egypt committed 503 human rights violations over call for 11/11 protests
The Committee for Justice has documented 545 violations of human rights perpetrated by Egyptian authorities since October in the crackdown that coincided with the UN […]
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Egypt: CFJ documents deaths of four detainees, including former MP, in first two weeks of November
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva: November 17, 2022 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the deaths of four detainees, including a former MP, […]
Egypt: Sexual assault of detainee Omar Ali in Badr Prison denounced by human rights organizations
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the sexual assault of Omar Mohamed Ali inside his place of detention on 2 October 2022, by members of […]
COP27 daily bulletin: Alaa Abdel Fattah ends hunger strike, Germany warns of Egyptian surveillance, and two forcibly disappeared citizens reappear
With the start of the 10th day of Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, a number of participants gathered and chanted slogans calling for stopping the use […]
COP27: On day 9, UN probes allegations of ‘surveillance’ by Egyptian police, detentions continue, and Alaa Abdel Fattah writes letter to family
On the 9th day of the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Committee for Justice documented a number of limited protests by climate […]
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