US EditionEgypt Arrests Commentator Ahmed Douma Over Article and Posts
Authorities ordered Ahmed Douma held for 4 days over an article and social media posts, as rights groups said the charges target dissent.
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Committee to Protect Journalists
allAfricaEgypt arrests commentator Ahmed Douma over article and posts
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release political commentator Ahmed Douma, who was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters following a six-hour interrogation, which ordered his detention for four days pending investigation. Douma is facing several charges, including publishing...
In case No. 2449 of 2026, according to the Egyptian Personal Rights Initiative, the investigation of Douma was carried out on the basis of the fact that a number of citizens had written reports about him, accusing him of publishing and broadcasting false news at home and abroad.]
The undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with the poet and former political prisoner Ahmed Douma, who is facing a series of unjustified legal proceedings. Despite his release from prison in August 2023, under... The post Seven Cases in Less Than Two Years: Ahmed Douma Summoned Again for Investigation Before the Supreme State Security Court appeared first on the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Seven cases in less than two years: New summons Ahmed Douma by State Security Prosecution
Douma is unable to lead a normal life under these circumstances. In addition to being banned from travel, he struggles to secure permanent employment due to administrative obstruction preventing him from obtaining official documents.
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