Restrictions: Travel Ban |
Ahmed Ragheb is a lawyer and founder of the National Community for Human Rights and Law (NCHRL). He is also one of the founders of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center. He works to promote and protect human rights through NCHRL and in his capacity as a lawyer.
On 15 November 2016, Mr Ragheb was told by passport control officials at Cairo International Airport that he was banned from travelling based on a judicial order issued against him in May 2016 by an investigative judge. He was travelling to Morocco to participate in the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The order was issued without prior notification and without known charges against him.
In July 2017, Mr Ragheb was interrogated and released on bail in relation to case 173/2011, known as the foreign funding case. He has been charged with receiving funds intended to harm national interest and establishing an organisation without registration in relation to his role at the Hisham Mubarak Law Center.