Muhammad Abdel Karim Muhammad Zahran
Detention Victim- Date updated
- Sep 17, 2023
- Gender
- Male
- Age group
- 36-60
- Nationality
- Egyptian
- Profession
- A teacher, founder of the Teachers’ Independence Movement and the National Union of Egyptian Teachers, and the official spokesperson for teachers in the national dialogue
- Profession Category
- Human Rights defender
- Background of detention
- Released
- Violations
- Arbitrary pretrial detention
- Denial of Medical Care
- Deprivation of liberty
- Poor detention conditions
- Repeated detention
- Place of detention
Latitude: 30.293619878584323
Longitude: 31.742340907533116
- Place of detention (linked Detention Victim)
- Aasher Men Ramadan prison for men
- Date of Arrest
- Sep 5, 2023
- Place of Arrest
- Cairo
- Identity of forces carrying out the arrest
- police
- Was S/he trialed?
- No
- Summary
The victim is 56 years old. He was arrested on September 5, 2023.
The victim, founder of the Teachers' Independence Movement and the National Union of Egyptian Teachers, and the official spokesman for teachers in the National Dialogue, was arrested in 2020 against the backdrop of teachers' protests, as he is considered one of the most active defenders of teachers' rights.
Update on September 13, 2023: The victim was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution pending case No. 2123 of 2023. The prosecution decided to imprison him for 15 days on charges of joining an altruistic group and spreading false news, and he was placed in the 10th of Ramadan Prison for men.
Update on September 16, 2023: A decision was issued to release him pending the case.
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- Data status
- Monitored