Egypt

The family of Dr. Hossam Abouelezz, former governor of Egypt’s Qalyubia province, has warned that the political detainee’s life is at risk after receiving reports of several prisoner deaths attributed to medical neglect and inhumane detention conditions. 

In a statement to Alkarama, the family said it has had no news of the former governor, who remains deprived of visits and stripped of all his rights. 

We, the international human rights organizations listed below, express our deep concern regarding the detention of Egyptian citizen Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Wanis in Nigeria and the increasing risk of his forced extradition to Egypt. We are preparing to submit a complaint to the United Nations Special Procedures to request their intervention to prevent the extradition of Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Wanis. We also urge the Nigerian authorities to immediately suspend any extradition measures, given that Mr.

In a case that has triggered widespread concern among human rights organizations, Malaysian authorities have detained Egyptian national Marwan Mohamed Magdy Osman Ahmed, a university student residing in Malaysia, after he wrote protest slogans on the outer walls of the Egyptian embassy in Kuala Lumpur. His messages called for opening the Rafah border crossing and showed solidarity with the people of Gaza under siege.