Egypt: CFJ monitors security forces’ raid on human rights activist Mohamed Sobhi’s home, calls for end to targeting activists

11/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 11, 2024   CFJ has monitored the ordeal of Egyptian lawyer and human rights defender Mohamed Sobhi, executive director of […]

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Egypt: Visitation ban on human rights lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim renewed; CFJ calls for compliance with international and Egyptian law

11/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 11, 2024   The administration of Al-Ashir Men Ramadan Women’s Prison in Sharqia, Egypt, has once again barred visits to […]

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Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers  

11/06/2024

The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing […]

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Egypt: CFJ expresses solidarity with “Al-Wafd” journalists’ sit-in, calls for formal employment contracts with them

10/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 8, 2024   A group of 21 young journalists, part of the 2023 hiring cohort at Egypt’s Al-Wafd party newspaper, […]

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Tunisia: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Expresses Concern Over Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

07/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 6, 2024 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has expressed deep concern over the ongoing crackdown by […]

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Egypt: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child adopts key points from CFJ report on child rights

06/06/2024

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has adopted several key recommendations from CFJ’s report on the state of child rights […]

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Joint Statement: Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin” 

05/06/2024

41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin”, under […]

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Palestine: UN Condemns Israeli Airstrikes on Civilians in Rafah

03/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 2, 2024   UN experts have condemned Israeli airstrikes on a shelter for displaced civilians in Tal al-Sultan, Rafah, which […]

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Tunisia: UN Condemnation of two Lawyers’ Arrest and Call to End Judicial Interference and Harassment

03/06/2024

Press release Geneva – June 2, 2024   UN experts have condemned the violent detention and arrest of lawyers Sania Dahmani and Mehdi Zaghrouba at […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents flagrant detention violations in April 2024

31/05/2024

The Article 55 coalition has released its monthly bulletin for April 2024, in which it documented the latest updates on the human rights, political, and […]

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Egypt: CFJ calls for the release of journalist Medhat Ramadan after four years of unlawful pretrial detention

29/05/2024

Press release Geneva – May 29, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored that journalist Medhat Ramadan has been held in pretrial detention […]

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Egypt: CFJ stands in solidarity with female activists following assault complaint during protest at UN Women’s Office in Cairo

29/05/2024

Press release Geneva – May 29, 2024   A group of female activists and human rights defenders in Egypt have filed a complaint with the […]

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Egypt: CFJ observes protest by employees dismissed due to drug testing law, calls for suspension and review of law

29/05/2024

Press release Geneva – May 28, 2024   Former employees in Egypt, dismissed under drug testing regulations, staged a protest on Sunday, May 18, 2024, […]

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Egypt: Tantawi Arrested in Court to Serve a Prison Sentence for Challenging President Sisi in 2023 Elections

29/05/2024

On 27 May, an Egyptian Court of Appeals upheld a February 2024 sentence issued by the Matareya Misdemeanors Court against Ahmed al-Tantawi and 22 of […]

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Egypt: CFJ rejects verdicts against El-Tantawi and campaign members, calls for retrial

28/05/2024

Press release Geneva – May 28, 2024   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the arrest of political activist and former presidential candidate Ahmed […]

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