Human rights lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim Aziz arbitrarily detained since 2018
Timeline
March 17, 2021: In a joint letter, MENA Rights Group and six other organisations call on the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and the UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights to urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release Abdel Moneim in the light of the grave risk COVID-19 poses to her health.
January 2020: Abdel Moneim suffers a suspected heart attack in prison. She receives inadequate treatment and her transfer to the hospital is delayed. Already prior to her arrest, she suffered from health conditions that require regular medication, which she is not provided with in prison. Her health has accordingly severely deteriorated.
April 3, 2019: Egyptian authorities reply to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances stating that she “was charged in Supreme State Security Court Case No. 1552/2018 and detained in Qanater Women’s Prison.”
Abdul Moneim is held in Al Qanater Female Prison since January 2019 and is deprived of visits by her relatives and her lawyer.
Abdul Moneim is held in Al Qanater Female Prison since January 2019 and is deprived of visits by her relatives and her lawyer.
November 24, 2018: State Security prosecutor orders pre-trial detention.
November 21, 2018: Abdel Moneim reappears at the office of the State Security prosecutor in Cairo.
November 9, 2019: The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances sends a communication to the Egyptian authorities requesting them to clarify Abdel Moneim’s fate and whereabouts.
November 7, 2018: MENA Rights Group requests intervention of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
November 6, 2018: MENA Rights Group requests intervention of UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
November 1, 2018: Disappears following arrest by state security forces in Cairo