Human Rights Defenders and activists at risk
Human Rights behind bars in Egypt.
Human Rights Behind Bars page tracks the cases of Egyptian Human rights defenders in detention and imprisonment. It offers a timeline of key events up to the closure of their cases or their release.
The Activists
In Pre-Trial Detention
Marwa Arafa
Marwa Arafa is a freelance translator and used to provide humanitarian support for families who lost their breadwinners to arbitrary
Sherif Al Rouby
Sherif Al Rouby is a political activist who was involved in the April 6 Youth Movement. He was arrested for
Ahmed Tohamy
Pr Ahmed Tohamy Abdel Hay has been an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies and
Ahmed Amasha
On March 10, 2017, Dr. Ahmed Shawky Amasha was arrested and forcibly disappeared, held in an undisclosed location until April
Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy is a human rights lawyer and the co-founder and coordinator of the Association of the Families of
Case 173/2011 (Foreign Funding Case)
Hoda Abd El-Wahab
Hoda Abd El-Wahab is a lawyer and Executive Director of the Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and
Under Restrictions
Hoda Abd El-Wahab
Hoda Abd El-Wahab is a lawyer and Executive Director of the Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and
Released
Released, Under Restrictions
Mohamed el-Baqer
Mohamed el-Baqer is a human rights lawyer and director of Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms. On 29 September 2019,
Ahmed Douma
Ahmed Douma is a prominent political activist in Egypt and was one of the founders of both the Kefaya and
Hisham Gaafar
Hisham Gaafar is the director of the Mada Foundation for Media Development and a member of the Journalists’ Syndicate. He
Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan)
Mahmoud Abu Zeid, mostly known as Shawkan, is an Egyptian photojournalist who was arrested on 14 August 2013 while covering the Rabaa
Messages of solidarity with imprisoned human rights defenders
As part of the “Free Civic Space campaign” ahead of COP27 in November 2022, EuroMed Rights’ members called for the release of human rights defenders Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan (Oxygen) and Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy.