Lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, founder and director of Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, was detained in 2019 while representing his client, high-profile activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, at the state security prosecution’s office.
In response to sustained levels of sexual harassment in Egypt, Egyptian women have necessarily worked together to combat gendered violence, since the Egyptian state remains both silent and complicit, write Reem Abdellatif and Nimco Ali.