Hisham Al-Banna
Detention Victim- Date updated
- Dec 30, 2024
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Egyptian
- Profession
- Labor leader
- Profession Category
- Human Rights defender
- Background of detention
- Released
- Violations
- Arbitrary pretrial detention
- Deprivation of liberty
- Date of Arrest
- Aug 18, 2024
- Place of Arrest
- Gharbia
- Identity of forces carrying out the arrest
- police
- state security
- Was S/he trialed?
- No
- Summary
The victim was arrested on August 18, 2024, with the outbreak of a workers' strike at the Samanoud Wastewater Company, along with other workers who were also arrested and subjected to enforced disappearance for 4 days, then appeared before the Public Prosecution, which decided to detain them for 15 days pending case No. 7648 of 2024, Samanoud Administrative.
Al-Banna was accused of deliberately disrupting a means of production, inciting demonstrations to disrupt security and order, and disrupting interests.
On September 2, 2024, his company issued a decision to suspend the ten workers and reduce their wages by half until the case is resolved.
On September 9, 2024, the victim was released after a period of detention, and the Samanoud Partial Prosecution decided to close case No. 588 of 2024.
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- Data status
- Monitored