Abdel Moneim Abou El-Fotouh
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Abdel Moneim Abou El-Fotouh

Category
  • Political figures belonging to partisan or opposition groups
Status
  • Detained

Doctor, born October 15, 1951, married, founder and president of the Strong Egypt Party. He was arrested from his home on February 14, 2018, after participating in BBC television interviews in which he criticized President El-Sisi ahead of the presidential elections. He is accused in State security Case 1781/2019 of assuming leadership of a terrorist group and publishing false news. He is held in solitary confinement in Scorpion Prison, where he suffered more than one attack of angina and a herniated disc.