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An #Egyptian court overturned Thursday a decision from just a day earlier to release prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and his lawyer Mohamed Baqar, who have been detained for nearly five months without trial over spurious charges, apnews.com/d83160d371c0c0…
In July, Amnesty International had warned of the “growing trend” of re-imprisoning critics instead of complying with court orders to release them, which it dubbed “the revolving doors of #Egypt’s arbitrary detention system.”
The same 24-hour reversal happened to dual U.S.-Egyptian teacher Reem Desouky after prosecutors appealed against her release. She has been in a pre-trial detention since she was arrested at Cairo airport during a visit to her family in July 2019. abcnews.go.com/International/…
And the same 24-hour release reversal after prosecution appeal happened to Ola Qaradawi whose pre-trial detention has exceeded the maximum 2yrs. She has been in solitary confinement since her arrest in June 2017 google.com/amp/s/www.midd… #Egypt
Hosam Khalaf, Ola Qaradawi’s husband who was arrested along with her in June 2017, has been detained without charge since hrw.org/news/2019/07/0… #Egypt
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