Azouz Mahgoub

Azouz Mahgoub

Category
  • Human rights lawyers
Status
  • Detained

Lawyer; arrested on March 1, 2018 upon his return home in Imbaba, and charged in Case No. 441 of 2018 with spreading 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 precautionary measures, but he was subjected to disappearance for a period of five and a half months, to appear on March 3, 2019 pending the same case. In May 2020, he was rotated for the second time in connection with State security Case No. 1118 of 2019 on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. He is being held in Qanater prison for men.