A security force from the Cairo Bureau of Investigation arrested Shaimaa Ahmed on February 22, 2015, amidst a life sentence in absentia in the case of the events of the Council of Ministers on February 4, 2015. She was transferred to Al-Qanater prison. In a retrial on July 25, 2017, she was sentenced to five years in prison. She received a presidential pardon in May 2019.
Shaimaa Ahmed Saad Ahmed Hasan
Name: Shaimaa Ahmed Saad Ahmed Hasan
Gender: Female
Age at time of arrest: 24
Occupation: NA
Governorate of residence: Cairo
Arrest governorate: Giza
Detention date: 22/2/2015
Cases: No. 7336 for 2011, Sayda Zainab, administrative; registered under No. 8629 for 2011, Sayda Zainab felonies; registered under No. 3528 for 2011, Southern Cairo, total
Sentences: Life imprisonment and 250,000 EGP fine in absentia: later, 5 years imprisonment; then, presidential pardon