Egypt: Systematic torture is a state policy
Joint UN submission by rights groups exposes endemic torture and appalling conditions in Egypt’s prisons Harrowing testimonies of systematic torture continue being too frequently heard […]
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Egypt | 300 UN recommendations spurned by the Egyptian government, 12 demands must be urgently implemented before next month’s UPR
Egypt: Newly released rights report details direly declining human rights situation since 2014 Egypt’s human rights situation is at its worst since 2014, as corroborated […]
Egypt: Rights groups call for immediate release of protesters, political party leaders, and presidential candidates
UN must be invited to investigate the situation in Egypt The brutal crackdown by Egyptian state security, which in the last few days was marked […]
Egypt: All are vulnerable as government plunges into frenzied quest to eliminate opposition
The arrests of Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed al-Baker are the latest in escalating state retaliation against peaceful and lawful opposition and human rights defenders […]
Egypt: Human Rights Violations in the context of Counter terrorism and National Security
Joint Submission for the 34th session of the UPR Working Group, November 2019 This UPR submission has been prepared by a coalition of the following […]
Biannual report of ‘Detention Watch’ in Egypt: 4,820 violations in six months, Enforced disappearance topped the list of violations, and Sharqia governorate faces documented persecution
65 cases of extrajudicial killings and 153 documented violations against 91 detainees Press release Committee for Justice Geneva 3 September 2019 “Another six months of […]
Egypt | Detention Watch “Violations in Egyptian Places of Detention” Bimonthly report July-August 2019
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 […]
The UN postpones its regional conference in Egypt on the crime of torture
Human rights organizations: Egypt should be denied hosting the conference due to its record of torture crimes Egyptian rights groups, signatories to this statement, wish […]
Egypt: 20 Rights NGOs call on President Macron to denounce Egypt’s human rights record during the G7 meeting
It was a striking choice for France to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7 summit in Biarritz, for which the […]
State terrorism and armed groups terrorism, how does the society survive both?
Events and violations under case No. 165 of 2017-military as a model Press release Geneva, August 2019 “There is no doubt that the respect for […]
Following the arbitrary arrest of 28 women, Committee for Justice submits a complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Press release Committee for Justice Geneva, 8 August 2019 Committee for Justice submitted a complaint with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of […]
Three urgent UN appeals addressing the Egyptian government based on complaints submitted by “Committee for Justice”
The appeals warn of the continued arrests and enforced disappearances, with the absence of a climate of safety in Egypt. Demands by the UN to […]
“Nubian compensations not a substitute for their right to return and development” Egyptian authorities must honor constitutional commitment of Article 236
The undersigned human rights organizations call upon Egyptian authorities to respect their constitutional obligations under article 236, as well as their obligations under international law, […]
“Nubian compensations not a substitute for their right to return and development”
Egyptian authorities must honor constitutional commitment of Article 236 The undersigned human rights organizations call upon Egyptian authorities to respect their constitutional obligations under article […]
Egypt: Aboul-Fotouh’s life in critical danger from prolonged medical neglect in prison
The undersigned organizations warn that prominent opposition politician Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh will soon meet the grim fate of former president Mohamed Morsi, unless there […]
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