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  • NameHossam Bahgat
  • RoleJournalist and founder and executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights; investigative reporter for Mada Masr
  • CountryEgypt
  • Arrested8 Nov 2015
  • StatusAt liberty
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Hossam Bahgat is a journalist and human rights monitor whose investigative reporting has made him a recurring target of Egypt's security apparatus. He was fined in November 2021 over a single tweet criticizing electoral officials and has faced new state security charges since January 2025.

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