Ezzat Ghoneim

Lawyer, married with children, executive director of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms. He was arrested on March 1, 2018 near his home in the Pyramids district, and he was accused in State security Case No. 441 of 2018 of publishing false news, and joining a group established in contravention of the provisions of the law. On September 4, 2018, the Criminal Court decided to release him with some precautionary measures, but he was subjected to disappearance for five months, to appear on February 9, 2019 in connection with the same case, and accused of evading precautionary measures although he was never released. The matter was repeated with him again in May 2020, when he was released, and was rotated again in connection with State security Case No. 1118 of 2019 on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. He was subjected to enforced disappearance after his arrest and prevented from visits in his prison cell in Qanater prison for men.