Magdy Ghoneim
Detention Victim- Date updated
- Jul 17, 2025
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Egyptian
- Profession
- Journalist
- Profession Category
- Journalist / Media
- Background of detention
- Pretrial detention
- Violations
- Arbitrary pretrial detention
- Deprivation of liberty
- Enforced disappearance
- Place of detention
Latitude: 30.266739347531026
Longitude: 31.360376583834427
- Place of detention (linked Detention Victim)
- Area of Abu Zaabal prisons - El khanka
- Date of Arrest
- Jun 9, 2025
- Place of Arrest
- Sharqia
- Identity of forces carrying out the arrest
- police
- state security
- Was S/he trialed?
- No
- Summary
The victim was arrested on June 9, 2025, from his residence in 10th of Ramadan City, Sharqia Governorate, without a judicial warrant or legal basis.
He was taken to an unknown location, likely the National Security Agency headquarters in 10th of Ramadan City, where he was subjected to enforced disappearance for 13 days. During this period, he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse. This was due to his support for the Steadfastness Convoy, which aimed to lift the siege on Gaza, and his publicly stated support for the Palestinian cause and his rejection of the massacres and violations committed against the Palestinian people.
On June 22, 2025, journalist Magdy Ghoneim was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution in the Fifth Settlement, where he was investigated and remanded in custody for 15 days pending further investigation. He was then transferred to Abu Zaabal 2 Prison.
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- Data status
- Monitored