Moataz Wednan

Journalist, born November 20, 1981, married with 4 children. He was arrested on February 16, 2018, after he conducted a press interview with Counselor Hisham Geneina, former head of the Central Auditing Organization, prior to the presidential elections at the time. He was investigated in state security Case 441 of 2018, charged with spreading false news and joining a banned group. On May 7, 2020, the State security Prosecution decided to release him, after which he was rotated in connection with another state security case No. 1898 of 2019 to charges of promoting the commission of terrorist acts. He is being held in solitary confinement in Scorpion Prison.