The World Movement is outraged by the detention and torture of human rights activist and journalist Esraa Abdefattah and fears gravely for her safety if her detention continues. Abdelfattah was abducted in Cairo by armed plainclothes police officers on October 12, 2019. She is reportedly detained under investigation for “disseminating false news” and “misusing social…
Egypt The #SetThemFree campaign highlights seven new Egyptian political prisoners and activists facing sustained judicial harassment. Amal Fathy is a former member of the April 6 Youth Movement, arrested and sentenced to two years for denouncing the Egyptian government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment in a Facebook video. Shady Ghazaly Harb is…
The World Movement for Democracy is gravely concerned to learn that the 10-year sentence of renowned researcher and journalist Ismail Alexandrani was upheld by a military court on December 24, 2018. We call for his immediate and unconditional release and urge the government to cease the harassment of independent voices in Egypt. Alexandrani was sentenced…
Egyptian political scientist and human rights defender, currently working as a senior research scholar at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University