Egypt jails activist who called to free prisoners amid a pandemic
Egypt jails activist who called to free prisoners amid a pandemic. The Egyptian court on the grounds of distributing falsified news sentenced influential women activist Sanaa Seif to one and a half years in jail. She said, in June 2020, Seif has arrested outside the public prosecutor’s office. Moreover, as she attempted to file her and her mother charges about the attack. Campaigning to connect with one of the Egyptian most known activists’ groups of freedom. Her inmate, Alaa Abdel Fattah.
She and her family were among campaigners who had advocated for the release of several prisoners on social media. Because they fear that coronavirus could spread into prisons. However, in March 2020, three other Seif family members arrested for demonstrating on the same topic.
Within 60 days Seif had the right to appeal the decision:
Seif accusing of distributing and transmitting fake news that would trigger fear. Misrepresented allegations of coronavirus spreading in hospitals. And abuse of social media platforms by a Cairo criminal court according to legal reports. Hence, they said that within 60 days Seif had the right to appeal the decision. Amnesty International’s Right Party called the Seif decision “a further shock for Egypt’s right to freedom of expression.” It said in a statement, Egyptian authorities illegally arrested her and have now jailed her for fake accusations solely deriving from her nonviolent critique.
Moreover, in September 2019, six months after his release. In the five years imprisonment, Seif’s brother Alaa, a leading protester in the 2011 rebellion who ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, has arrested. On Friday, the Western countries urged Egypt to bring an end to the persecution under counter-terrorism regulations of dissidents and journalists as well as suspected political rivals. However, journalists and perceived political opponents under counter-terrorism laws, and to unconditionally release them, Egypt said it was surprising.
