CFJ condemns Egypt’s denial of researcher Patrick Zaki’s travel to Italy for MA thesis defense

10/07/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 5, 2023   The Egyptian social researcher and human rights defender, Patrick George Zaki, revealed that the […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns detention renewal of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, demands his immediate release

10/07/2023

News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: July 5, 2023   The Criminal Court, held at the Badr Prison Complex, has ruled to extend the detention of […]

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10 Years After Council Conclusions, EU States Must Finally Halt Arms Transfers To Egypt And Uphold Accountability

05/07/2023

Brussels, 28 June 2023 – The signatory organizations denounce the role of EU-manufactured arms systems in internal repression and human rights violations in Egypt, and […]

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Egypt: CFJ condemns death sentences against 4 defendants and calls on authorities to halt executions

04/07/2023

News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: June 27, 2023   The Supreme State Security Criminal Court (Third Terrorism Circuit), held in the Badr […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 17th death in custody in 2023

04/07/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 27, 2023   CFJ documents new death inside a detention center in Egypt, the 17th in 2023, […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents 16th death in custody in 2023

04/07/2023

News briefing By: CFJ Geneva: June 21, 2023   The Committee for Justice’s monitoring team has reported a new death case of a detainee inside […]

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Deusto Journal of Human Rights published CFJ paper on the families of political prisoners in post-revolution Egypt

26/06/2023

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) authored a paper titled “In Defense of Lives: Depoliticization of the Families of Political Prisoners in Post-Revolution Egypt,” which was […]

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CFJ participates in UN Human Rights Council event on human rights situation in Egypt

23/06/2023

CFJ is participating today, 23 June 2023, in a side event of the Human Rights Council 53rd session, organized by the World Organisation Against Torture […]

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UN High Commissioner calls for an end to ‘sea of suffering’ in Sudan 

23/06/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: June 22, 2023   The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called for […]

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Sudan: UN High Commissioner condemns assassination of West Darfur governor

23/06/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: 18 June 2023   The spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jeremy Laurence, […]

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Human rights organizations condemn the blocking of Soulta 4 and Masr 360 websites and call on the Egyptian authorities to guarantee freedom of the press

22/06/2023

22 June 2023 The undersigned civil society organizations condemn the blocking by the Egyptian authorities of two more news websites, namely Soulta 4 and Masr […]

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Egypt: UN Working Group issues opinion on Safwan and Seif Thabet after CFJ complaint

22/06/2023

In an effort to alleviate the injustice suffered by the victims, the Committee for Justice has lodged a complaint with the United Nations Working Group […]

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Egypt: CFJ documents transfer of detained human rights defender to hospital due to his deteriorating conditio

22/06/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: 18 June 2023   The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the transfer of Egyptian lawyer and […]

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CFJ calls on Egypt to allow researcher and human rights defender Patrick Zaki to travel to Italy for MA thesis defense

21/06/2023

News briefing By: The Committee for Justice Geneva: 18 June 2023   The Egyptian social researcher and human rights defender, Patrick George Zaki, said that […]

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Sudan War: Protect Refugees and IDPs including Women and WHRDs

21/06/2023

On June 8th, 2023 the Sudanese Ministry of transportation announced that all Sudanese nationals including women and children are required to obtain visas to cross […]

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