Amr Emam

Detention Victim
Date updated
Jul 18, 2022
Gender
Male
Age group
36-60
Nationality
Egyptian
Profession
Lawyer and Human rights defender
Profession Category
Human Rights defender
Background of detention
  • Released
Violations
  • Arbitrary pretrial detention
  • Denial of Medical Care
  • Deprivation of liberty
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Poor detention conditions
  • Torture
Methods of torture
  • Psychological torture
Place of detention

Latitude: 29.937790194325387

Longitude: 31.277796684618416

Place of detention (linked Detention Victim)
Area of Tora prisons
Date of Arrest
Oct 16, 2019
Place of Arrest
From his personal place of residence in Al-Basateen - Maadi - cairo
Identity of forces carrying out the arrest
  • police
  • state security
Was S/he trialed?
No
Summary

He was arrested on October 16, 2019, from his house in Cairo and forcibly disappeared. After that, he appeared before the prosecution, which charged him of participating in a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, publishing and broadcasting false news and data, and misusing social media, under case No. 488 of 2019. Since then, his pretrial detention is renewed. Recently, he was charged in New Case No. 588 of 2020 with the same charges. He obtained a presidential pardon on 24-04-2022 and it was implemented on 16-07-2022.

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Data status
Documented