UN experts denounce Saudi Arabia’s deportation of a Yemeni blogger to Yemen amid death threats

28/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, March 28 2021 UN human rights experts have expressed concerns about the alleged imminent deportation […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Statement of 31 countries before the HRC indicates the international community’s awareness of the situation in Egypt

25/03/2021

Press release Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 25, 2021 CFJ spokeswoman Yasmine Hajar explains in an interview on Al-Araby TV that the statement […]

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CFJ director: Egypt’s crackdown on journalists is an attack on the first line of defence for truth 

25/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 25 March 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said […]

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UN demands Saudi Arabia halt death sentence against detainee who did not receive fair trial

18/03/2021

News briefing:   Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 18 March 2021 A group of United Nations human rights experts urged the Saudi authorities […]

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Egypt: Rights groups demand immediate release of activist Sanaa Seif

16/03/2021

16 March, 2021 Joint press release In conjunction with the trial session of the Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif al-Islam, the undersigned human rights organizations demand […]

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Joint Statement on Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

12/03/2021

Geneva, March 12, 2021) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning […]

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On International Women’s Day: Women in Egypt live an unjust reality, and face a dark future

08/03/2021

On the occasion of International Women’s Day () on 8 March, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that Egyptian women are subjected to an unprecedented […]

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Egypt: Archaic Amendments to Personal Status Law Undermine Women’s Rights

04/03/2021

The undersigned human rights organizations reject the government’s draft of the Personal Status Law, published on February 23rd and presented before Egypt’s House of Representatives […]

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CFJ spokeswoman: Civil society exists in Egypt despite repression

01/03/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 March 2021 The spokeswoman of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that […]

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Release Manar to join her child

01/03/2021

On the 9th of March 2019 a family was abducted by security forces from their home in Alexandria. The family included the father Omar Abdel […]

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The Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen calls on the Human Rights Council to intensify efforts to bring about a cease fire and reach a peace agreement

28/02/2021

News briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 28 February 2021 In his address to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Chairperson […]

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Egypt: Implementing regulations of NGO law intended to cripple civil society

25/02/2021

25 February 2021 The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the Egyptian government’s relentless closure of all outlets for civil society activity in the country, as […]

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CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now

24/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series […]

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CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now

24/02/2021

News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series […]

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UN experts criticize the continued imprisonment of Egyptian activists, including Oxygen and Patrick Zaki, and demand an end to the violations against them

23/02/2021

Country: Egypt News briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 23, 2021 A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave […]

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