Gamila Saber Hassan

Gamila Saber Hassan

Category
  • Creative artists, novelists
Status
  • Detained

A library owner, she was arrested from the Sayyida Aisha area on February 27, 2019, in conjunction with the calls made by a journalist to demonstrate. She was investigated in State security Case No. 1739 of 2018, on accusations of helping a terrorist group in achieving its objectives, and on August 22, 2020 the Criminal Court decided to release her with precautionary measures, but she was subjected to enforced disappearance for a period of 15 days, to appear in connection with another state security case No. 880 of 2020, accused of joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social media. She is being held in Al-Qanater prison for women. She is a patient with epilepsy and suffers from repeated seizures inside her prison accompanied with bleeding from the mouth and nose.