The Egyptian Front for Human Rights has issued a report titled “Running in Place Policy,” which examines the deterioration of civil and political rights three years after the implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy. The report critically assesses the progress made in the civil and political rights sector,…
On the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty, Eight Egyptian rights groups demanded that the Egyptian adhere to the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty and sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, whi…
Responding to extreme heat related weather events around the globe, including widespread wildfires, drought and floods, Marta Schaaf, Programme Director for Climate, ESJ and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International said: “Extreme heat is not just a weather event. This heat is political. It is where climate ch…
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluded that Egypt’s 19-month detention of political economist, researcher and author, Dr Abdel Khaleq Farouq, is arbitrary and violates his rights to […]
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has submitted a written statement during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council under Agenda Item 3, addressing the systematic use of […]
The cases also included human rights lawyer and political activist Mahienour El-Massry, who was interrogated by the SSSP in August 2025 in Case No. 6322 of 2025 on the same charges and was ultimately released on a bail of EGP 50,000 pending the case
Feb 14, 2026 The signatories consider the summoning of Dr. Aida Seif al-Dawla, a co-founder of the El Nadeem Center, two weeks after the arrest of Ahmed Douma and his release on bail, to be “a new practice in a systematic security policy aimed at hollowing out human rights and political work” The organizations condemn…
Committee for Justice (CFJ) – weekly bulletin on developments in major human rights cases – Political Trials Calendar – cases 1 to 34 (September 13–18, 2025) 22 September 2025 Reading Time: Less than 1 minute Minutes As part of its continuous monitoring of the legal situation related to major human rights cases in Egy…
Committee for Justice (CFJ) – weekly bulletin on developments in major human rights cases – Political trials calendar – (September 6–11, 2025) 17 September 2025 Reading Time: Less than 1 minute Minutes As part of its continuous monitoring of the legal situation related to major human rights cases in Egypt, the Committ…
Committee for Justice (CFJ) – weekly bulletin on developments in major human rights cases – Political trials calendar – (August 23–28, 2025) 8 September 2025 Reading Time: Less than 1 minute Minutes As part of its continuous monitoring of the legal situation related to major human rights cases in Egypt, the Committee …