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Speak up for Mahienour El-Masry

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Your Excellency,

I am writing about the case of Mahienour El-Masry, human rights lawyer; advocate for judicial independence, prisoners' rights, and political detainees through protests, social media, and solidarity campaigns in Egypt, who has been released. I am writing to ask that the case be closed properly and that no further reprisal follows.

In brief: Mahienour El-Masry is a lawyer who organizes protests and fundraises bail for political prisoners. Arrested outside the prosecutor's office in 2019, she spent 22 months in pretrial detention on accusations of joining an illegal organization.

I respectfully urge your authorities to:
  1. Drop any charges that remain on record against Mahienour El-Masry in connection with peaceful human rights work;
  2. Confirm publicly that Mahienour El-Masry faces no residual travel, financial, or professional restriction arising from this case;
  3. Guarantee that Mahienour El-Masry can resume that work without surveillance, summons, or further reprisal;
  4. Provide effective remedy for the period of deprivation of liberty already served.

I will continue to follow this case until the record against Mahienour El-Masry is cleared and no reprisal remains.

Respectfully,

[Your name]
[Your city, country]
8 November 2026

Suggested recipients

Egyptian Embassy (London) United Kingdom [email protected]
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders United Nations · OHCHR [email protected]
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention United Nations · OHCHR [email protected]
EU EEAS Human Rights Division European Union [email protected]