Occupation: Released

A labor leader in the Independent Union of Transport Workers, who was arrested on November 17, 2019 from a café in Marg-Cairo, was subjected to enforced disappearance for two days after his arrest, accused in state security Case No. 1475 of 2019, of participation in a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, spreading false news and misuse of social media.

He was arrested on 12 November 2018 from his home. He was added to Al Montaza II Case No. 12587 of 2018, and was accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social media. Montaza Prosecution office decided to release him and close the file on December 13, 2020, but the release was not carried out. On January 11, 2021, he appeared at the Supreme State security Prosecution to be investigated in a new case, No. 1017 of 2020, and since then he has been in pretrial detention on charges of joining and spreading false news.

Teacher at El Azhar, belonging to the Quranic school, married. Security forces arrested him from his home in Sharkia governorate at dawn on August 22, 2020 as part of a crackdown launched by security against members of the Qur’anic sect, led by the Islamic thinker Ahmed Subhi Mansour. He disappeared until October 6, 2020, then appeared on Kafr Sakr emergency state security case no 3418 of 2020 on charges of belonging to ISIS.

Married, investigative journalist and researcher specializing in Sinai affairs and Islamic groups. He was arrested on November 29, 2015 from Hurghada Airport, while returning from Berlin. He was investigated in State security Case 596/2015, on charges of belonging to a banned group, promoting its ideas, and spreading false news about the situation in Sinai. He remained in pretrial detention for more than two years, that is, beyond the maximum limit of pretrial detention. Then on January 6, 2018, the case was referred to the Military Prosecutor, where on May 22, 2018, the Military Court sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment, and the case was registered with North of Cairo Military Felonies No. 18 of 2018. He is being held in Al Mazraa Tora prison.

A master’s student at the European Central University in Vienna, Austria. Security forces raided Ahmed Samir’s house in Cairo in the early hours of January 23, 2021 while he was in Egypt on leave, without showing a warrant. On February 1, 2021, Ahmed voluntarily surrendered himself to the Fifth Settlement Police Department based on security instructions, but he disappeared and his whereabouts were not known until February 6, 2021, when he appeared at the State security Prosecution in connection with State security Case No. 65 of 2021. The State security Prosecution accused him of joining a terrorist group knowing its objectives, deliberately publishing false news and data, and misusing a private account on the world wide web.

A 43-year-old Egyptian journalist, working for the Qatari Al-Jazeera channel, was arrested while returning to Egypt in June 2019 to spend his annual leave, as he did ever since his work in Doha. The Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated him and issued a decision to imprison him pending State security Case No. 1365 of 2018. After obtaining a release decision he was subjected to enforced disappearance and then rotated on State security Case No. 1956 of 2019. He suffers from eye problems that may lead to his loss of vision, and his family has submitted more than one request for a medical examination and treatment.

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.

Journalist: He was arrested on November 28, 2019, and interrogated in state security Case 488 of 2019, charged with joining and financing a terrorist group and publishing and broadcasting false news. On July 19, 2020, a decision was issued to release him and he was transferred to Dar Al-Salaam Police station. Instead of being released, he was detained in the Dar Al-Salam Police Department for a month until he was brought before the State security Prosecution again on Case 855 of 2020 on charges of spreading false news and misuse of social media and joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives.

Born on February 14, 1998. Student and photojournalist. He was arrested from his home on September 16, 2019, and subjected to enforced disappearance for a period of three months. He is accused in state security Case No. 1480 of 2019 of participation in a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, spreading false news, and misusing social media. In April 2021, the Criminal Court ordered his release and he was transferred to the Moqattam police station, but he has not been released to date.

A journalist, born October 4, 1963, married with 3 daughters. He was arrested on December 18, 2020, and was brought before the State security Prosecution on December 20, 2020, in connection with Case No. 1017 of 2020 on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. He is diabetic, and before his arrest, he had undergone a cataract operation, which threatens his eyesight if his condition is neglected.