Punishing dissent : Egypt revokes citizenship of 2011 revolution activist
Ghada Naguib, now in exile, says she has been targeted due to her criticism of a top intelligence officer
Activist Ghada Naguib (L) and her husband, actor Hisham Abdullah (Supplied) By Published date: 11 February 2021 15:43 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago
Egypt has revoked the nationality of an exiled activist in an apparent reprisal for her outspoken opposition to the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Ghada Naguib, 49, is a political activist who took part in the popular movement that culminated in the resignation of late autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011. How could they delete my affiliation with my home country simply at the stroke of a pen?
Egypt arrests 5 relatives of actor Hisham Abdullah December 29, 2020 at 8:57 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, International Organisations, News, UN
Egyptian oppositionist and actor Hisham Abdullah, 29 December 2020 December 29, 2020 at 8:57 am
Five relatives of Egyptian oppositionist and actor Hisham Abdullah have been arrested, a human rights group has revealed.
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) said, in a statement published on Facebook, that the Supreme State Security Prosecution detained five members of Hisham Abdullah s family pending a state security case.
According to the organisation, the actor s nephew Ahmed Abdel Dayem Abdullah, and four of his cousins: Abdullah Fekri Fayed, Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah, Ali Abdo Ali, Muhammad Abdelhamid Mari i, on charges of joining and financing a terrorist group.