Egypt: At the risk of public health, prisoners of conscience continue to be added to Egypt’s overcrowded prisons

11/05/2020

Joint Statement Amid widespread calls to reduce the country’s prison population in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian government has instead embarked on […]

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Amendments to Emergency Law exploit Covid-19 to undermine judicial independence | Egypt

09/05/2020

9 May 2020 Update* The below statement has been amended on May 10, 2020, to reflect the final version of the law after its publication […]

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Death no. 1005: Shady Habash

09/05/2020

Shady Habash, a young Egyptian filmmaker held in pretrial detention for more than two years, has died in the Tora maximum security prison complex. Shady never […]

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Egypt:  Illegally imprisoned without trial, Shady Habash’s death underscores the urgency of releasing pretrial detainees

04/05/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations reiterate our demand for the immediate release of persons held in pretrial detention, especially prisoners of conscience. 24- year-old […]

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Egypt: Free expression regarded by government as a greater threat to public safety than murder or violence

29/04/2020

Presidential pardons and conditional releases Joint Statement The signatory human rights organizations denounce the exclusion of prisoners of conscience from the April 14th pardon issued […]

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Civil society’s call to states: we are in this together, don’t violate human rights while responding to COVID-19.

20/04/2020

Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Thursday, 09 April 2020 Joint NGO statement on civil and political […]

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Joint NGO statement on the United Nations’ COVID-19 response

20/04/2020

Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Thursday, 09 April 2020 The COVID-19 crisis is powerfully demonstrating the […]

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“Slow Death”Violations in Egyptian places of Detention annual report 2019

06/04/2020

Geneve, April 6th, 2020 Few days before the Egyptian authorities had announced the emergence of several COVID -19 cases in different locations across the country, […]

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Egypt: Overcrowded prisons will become epicenters of coronavirus outbreak unless some detainees immediately released

27/03/2020

Joint Statement The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake of curbing the […]

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COVID-19: Urgent measures must be taken by MENA governments to protect the prison population

24/03/2020

In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak—qualified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO)—we, the undersigned organizations, […]

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Egypt: Prison sentence against human rights defender Zyad Elelaimy represents politically-motivated vengeance

14/03/2020

Joint Statement The undersigned rights organizations denounce the one-year prison sentence of human rights lawyer Zyad Elelaimy and demand his unconditional release and the dropping […]

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UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW CONCLUDES WITHOUT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT FROM EGYPT

13/03/2020

Human rights organisations regret Egypt’s lack of constructive engagement during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and denounce Egypt’s reprisals against NGOs and human right defenders […]

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Detention Watch “Violations in Egyptian Places of Detention” Bimonthly report January -February 2020

10/03/2020

Following CFJ’s previous periodic reports on human rights violations against individuals who are under the custody of law enforcement officers and security agencies in the […]

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Stop The Death Penalty

28/02/2020

 The Egyptian authorities should abide by the International Human Rights Guarantees while countering terrorism Committee for Justice received the news of the mass death sentencing […]

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Freedom for Mohamed El-Baqer

19/02/2020

After 150 days of renewals of detention in front of the state security prosecution – the time allowed for the prosecution to renew detention without […]

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