Gamal Al-Gamal
On February 22, 2021, upon returning to Cairo from exile in Turkey, freelance columnist Al-Gamal was detained and charged with spreading false news, joining a terrorist organization, and inciting… More
Galal El-Behairy | Status: Imprisoned | Egypt
Galal El-Behairy is an Egyptian poet, lyricist, and activist who has been in detention in Tora Prison in Cairo since March 2018. More
Khaled Lofty
Lofty was arrested and imprisoned on charges of false news and divulging military secrets for translating and distrbuting The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, a book by… More
Sanaa Seif
Seif, an opinion writer and filmmaker, went to Tora Prison to receive a letter from her brother, blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah, where she was attacked. When reporting the… More
Sayed Shehta
Shehta, the deputy managing editor of Youm7, was arrested by security forces on August 30, 2020. Days earlier, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was self isolating. He lost… More
Abdo Fayed
Fayed, an Egyptian journalist and online commentator, remains detained since May 2020, charged with disinformation and joining a terrorist group. The detention followed a series of Facebook posts in… More
Amer Abdel Moneim
Moneim writes political opinion articles including criticism of President El-Sisi’s policies. His latest writing for the Egyptian Institute for Studies analyzes geopolitics and domestic policies. In December 2020, he… More
Amin El-Mahdy
El-Mahdy, a writer and publisher, was arrested on September 9, 2020 because of a Facebook post calling the Egyptian President “a murderer, traitor, coward, and thief.” He was released… More
Detention and Abuse of Egyptian Student is Part of Ongoing Assault on Free Expression, Academic Freedom
PEN America today joined with free expression allies globally demanding the release of Egyptian student Ahmed Samir Santawy. More
Alaa Abd El Fattah | Status: Detained | Egypt
Alaa Abd El Fattah is an Egyptian activist, software developer, and blogger. After being sentenced to a month of jail in absentia, he received a five years sentence in… More
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