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Husband calls for PM to intervene after wife detained in Egypt
Her husband says the family has had no contact and that officials have not done enough to secure her release.
- Following his wife's detention in Cairo two months ago, Zeesharn Moustapha called for Prime Minister Andy Burnham to intervene. Moustapha alleges his wife, Eman el-Shazly, was detained due to her sister's online activism targeting Egyptian leadership.
- While visiting to care for her sick parent, 46-year-old El-Shazly was taken from her mother's Cairo home. Her husband described the detention as a 'clear example of collective punishment' linked to her sister's online posts.
- Held in a cell with 30 individuals, El-Shazly has had 'no contact whatsoever' with her family. Moustapha noted that his wife, who holds a British passport, is being left 'to rot in jail.'
- With their four children 'distraught,' Moustapha criticized the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for providing 'useless' support. The FCDO stated they are currently in contact with Egyptian authorities.
- The sister told the BBC that she feels it is her duty to continue posting videos from the UK, despite the arrest being a tactic used by the Egyptian government to silence critics.
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