Mr. Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelmajeed
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-049-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.820553
Longitude: 30.802498
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Egypt
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 20 March 2024
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
lawyer with the non-governmental organization Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR), a human rights organisation documenting human rights violations, providing legal and other assistance to political detainees, and carrying out international human rights advocacy relating to Egypt including with the United Nations human rights mechanisms.
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
carrying out international human rights advocacy relating to Egypt including with the United Nations human rights mechanisms.
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- June 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Egypt
- Reprisal information
In June 2023, Mr. Abdelmajeed and Mr. Rajeh were reportedly informed that they had been included in the Supreme State Security Case no.1233/2023 and charged with joining and funding a terrorist group by providing that group with information about political detainees in Egypt. The State Security Prosecution allegedly issued an arrest warrant against them, but they were not officially informed about it. Their lawyers have not been able to access their clients’ files or charge sheet at the time of writing (EGY 1/2024).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No