Reem Desouki Mohamed Desouki

Reem Desouki Mohamed Desouki

Reem Desouki was arrested in Cairo airport on July 7, 2019, immediately after she arrived from America. She was accused of running an anti-regime page. She was forcibly disappeared until she appeared before the prosecution on July 16, 2019 under case No. 585 of 2018, Supreme State Security . She was charged with joining a terrorist group and using a social media account to commit a legally punishable crime that threatened the security of the community. She was detained pending investigations and transferred to El Qanater prison. She remained a prisoner until she renounced Egyptian citizenship (she is an American citizen of Egyptian descent). She was discharged and returned to America in May 2020. – Violations she was subjected to: – Enforced disappearance for days.