Esraa Khaled Mohamed Saeed

Esraa Khaled Mohamed Saeed

Name: Esraa Khaled Mohamed Saeed
Gender: Female
Age at time of arrest: 21
Occupation: Student at The Culture & Science City's Engineering School- October
Governorate of residence: Beni Suef
Arrest governorate: Beni Suef
Detention date: 20/1/2015
Cases: No. 1223 for 2015, Beni Suef and No. 416 for 2016, Beni Suef No. 36, 39 and 40, military for 2016 and No. 43 for 2017 military Western Cairo felonies.
Sentences: 4 years imprisonment Nine years imprisonment in cases No. 36, 39, and 40 of 2016, Military. Five years' imprisonment in case No. 43 of 2017, Military

Esraa Khaled was arrested when her house was raided in Beni Suef on January 20th, 2015. She was taken to the Beni Suef Security Directorate. She was charged under many cases for the possession of an RPG weapon; arson of the farm of Al Wasta officer, electric transformers, a store, and Beni Suef’s judges club; hitting Al Wasta station’s electric transformers; threatening officers with death; and operation of web pages inciting against security forces and the current regime.
She was sentenced to 18 years as follows: the Western Cairo military Court sentenced her to 9-year prison under case No. 36, 39 and 40 for 2016 on December 6th, 2016; Beni Suef felonies Court sentenced her to 4-year prison under case No. 1223 for 2015 and No. 416 for 2016 on May 13th, 2017; and western Cairo military Court sentenced her to 5-year prison under case No. 43 for 2017 on December 14th, 2017. The total sentencing is 18 years. She was imprisoned in El Qanater and Minya.
Violations she was subjected to:
– She was presented before the prosecution in the absence of a lawyer on February 2nd, 2015.
– She was subjected to many violations in Minya prison. She was placed with criminals in a 1×2 meters cell that has one small window. Criminals were allowed to use the toilet at any time. However, she was allowed to use it twice, in the morning and evening. Light was turned off at eight o’clock.
– Many criminals picked fights with her: they beat her and stole her clothes and belongings. She was obliged to go on a hunger strike for 9 days, which worsened her medical condition. She also did not receive the adequate treatment.
– She was deprived of seeing her father, who died in March 2015, or attending his funeral, which worsened her medical and psychological condition.
– She was subjected to solitary confinement.
– She went on a hunger strike more than once in opposition to her imprisonment’s conditions.
– Visits were not easily allowed. She was prohibited from visitation and other means of communication for months starting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
– She was deprived of education.