1. Personal information:
a. Birth: Ms. Fatma was born on 26 February 1998. She was arrested at the age of 22.

b. Upbringing: She grew up in North Sinai Governorate and lived in the area taken over by the Sinai Province, affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS, with her father Mr. Ahmed Mayouf, her stepmother Ms. Hoda Odah Hussein, and her sisters, the child Sahar Mayouf and Ms. Zainab Mayouf. They were arrested even though they had not committed any act of violence or terrorism, as part of a campaign the authorities launched against a large number of men and women living in North Sinai, whose only crime is being relatives of people accused of joining armed groups.

Recently, her two brothers, the child Adam Ahmed Mayouf, aged 13, and the child Noah Ahmed Mayouf, aged 14, handed themselves in to the competent authorities, and they have not appeared in any case.

c. Occupation: Housewife.

d. Political activity/affiliation: She has no political activity or affiliation.

2. Previous arrests: She was not arrested in any other case.

3. Timeline from arrest to the end of detention
a. Background of the arrest
– 13 February 2021, arrest: Ms. Fatma Mayouf was arrested together with her sisters, Ms. Zainab Mayouf and her daughter “Rahaf”, and the child mother Sahar Mayouf with her baby “Hamdy”, and their stepmother Ms. Hoda Odah Hussein. This happened after they passed through the village of El-Matalla in Bir El-Abd, North Sinai, having managed to get out of the Sinai Province area after deciding to take refuge in their paternal grandmother’s home in Ismailia to escape the hardship of life there.

– 8 March 2021, appearance before the prosecution: After a disappearance that lasted 23 days, she was brought before the prosecution together with her sister Ms. Zainab Mayouf and her daughter “Rahaf”. The prosecution ordered them detained in Case No. 620 of 2021 Supreme State Security Inquiry. Her stepmother and her other sister had been added to the same case the day before she was brought before the prosecution. The prosecution also ordered that the children “Rahaf” and “Hamdy” be handed over to their relatives.

b. Background of the case: Case No. 620 of 2021 Supreme State Security Inquiry, known in the media as the “Sinai Province” case.

This case includes a large number of men, women and girls from Sinai. Instead of the authorities protecting the civilians living in this area, especially the children and women, many of them were arrested. It is one of the cases that include civilians who were not involved in any violence or terrorism but were arrested only because of their relatives.

c. Charges:
– Joining the terrorist group ISIS with knowledge of its aims.
– Providing logistical support by financing this group.

d. Trial and release:
Her detention was renewed before the Supreme State Security Prosecution and then before the Criminal Court by several terrorism circuits, including the Second Circuit presided over by Judge Moataz Khafagy, the Third Circuit presided over by Judge Mohamed Kamal Abdel Sattar, and the Fourth Circuit presided over by Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sherbiny.

– 14 February 2022, release decision: The Criminal Court ordered her release with precautionary measures, as there were no longer grounds for her pretrial detention.

– 7 March 2022, release carried out: About 23 days after the decision to release Ms. Fatma was issued, it was carried out.

– April 2022, measures lifted: The Supreme State Security Prosecution lifted the precautionary measures and released her with her place of residence as guarantee.

4. Detention conditions
a. Places of detention: Ms. Fatma was held in an unknown location until she was moved to Al-Qanater Women’s Prison, where she stayed until the release decision was issued and carried out.

b. Violations:
– Enforced disappearance for more than 23 days.
– Unlawful detention at National Security premises.

c. Living conditions in prison: She remained in pretrial detention at Al-Qanater Women’s Prison for more than a full year, until she left in March 2022.

5. Follow-up
a. Personal life: Ms. Fatma is carrying on with her life after leaving behind the suffering she lived through in Egyptian prisons.