Egypt: CPJ, Partners Condemn Arrest of Exiled Egyptian Podcast Host Seif Al-Islam Eid's Father

Egypt: CPJ, Partners Condemn Arrest of Exiled Egyptian Podcast Host Seif Al-Islam Eid's Father

In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 18 human rights and press freedom organizations called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release the father of exiled Egyptian podcast host Seif al-Islam Eid, who was arrested on October 22, 2025, and to cease targeting the family members of exiled journalists and human rights defenders.

CPJ, partners condemn arrest of exiled Egyptian podcast host Seif al-Islam Eid’s father

In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 18 human rights and press freedom organizations called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release the father of exiled Egyptian podcast host Seif al-Islam Eid, who was arrested on October 22, 2025, and to cease targeting the family members of exiled journalists and human rights defenders. The statement noted that Eid hosts Anbar Kollo Yesma (“Everyone in the Cell Must Hear”), the…

Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities

The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months. This years-long practice involves targeting relatives inside Egypt of activists, writers, and dissidents living abroad through raids, arrests, and enforced disappearances, in an attempt to pressure or punish them for their peaceful opinions and activities.…