Khaled Lofty
Lofty was arrested and imprisoned on charges of false news and divulging military secrets for translating and distributing 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 has published several articles criticizing President El-Sisi’s authoritarian policies and condemning arrests of journalists and human rights defenders. He was arrested on December 18, 2020, and charged of… 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
Shimaa Samy
After writing criticism of the government’s detention of political prisoners on news website Darb, Samy was abducted in Alexandria by security forces on May 20, 2020 and held incommunicado… More
Sameh Haneen
On May 16, 2020, state security officers arrested Haneen, a freelance journalist and documentary producer, on charges of spreading false news, threatening national security, and joining a terrorist organization… More
Filmmaker, CUNY Student Detained Unjustly in Egypt
"How many more artists must face threats to their lives for merely expressing themselves?" More
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