Muhammad Abdel Karim Muhammad Zahran
Detention Victim- Date updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- 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
- Pretrial detention
- 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
- Jul 15, 2026
- 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 - September 16, 2023: A decision was issued to release him pending the case.
Update – July 15, 2026: A security force arrested Mohamed Zahran at his home on the evening of July 15. The following day, he appeared before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, which initiated an investigation and ordered his pretrial detention.
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- Data status
- Monitored