Urgent Action Outcome: Journalist Released After 29 Months In Jail
On 24 April 2022, the Egyptian authorities released journalist Mohamed Salah who had been arbitrarily detained.
Human Rights Defender Released
Egyptian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Ibrahim Ezz el-Din was released on 26 April 2022.
Urgent Action Outcome: Student Released From Detention; Trial Ongoing
Patrick George Zaki, a researcher and master’s student, was provisionally released after 22 months of arbitrary detention
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist And Filmmaker Released From Detention
On 23 December 2021, Egyptian human rights activist and filmmaker Sanaa Seif was released.
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Lawyer Released
After 22 months of detention, Mahienour el-Masry was provisionally released on 18 July.
Urgent Action Outcome: Human rights defender released
On 17 July, the Egyptian authorities provisionally released journalist and human rights defender Esraa Abdelfattah.
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defenders Released
On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released and are now safely home.
Urgent Action outcome: Musician released on probation
On 13 May 2019, 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky was released on probation after 374
days of pre-trial detention.
Egypt: Three journalists arbitrarily detained
Three journalists are in detention under terrorism related charges and for "spreading false news", for their writings.
First Update: Housing rights researcher in detention after enforced disappearance
A missing Egyptian housing rights researcher appeared in a court in Cairo are 167 days enforced disappearance.