{"id":16818,"date":"2026-04-07T20:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/?p=16818"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:58:35","slug":"douma-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zawia3.com\/en\/douma-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Douma Returns to Prison as Others Are Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours after the <\/span>release<\/span><\/a> of a number of prisoners of conscience in Egypt, most prominently Nermeen Hussein, Sayed Moshagheb and Sherif El-Roubi, amid a welcome from rights and political circles, the State Security Prosecution <\/span>decided<\/span><\/a> to jail political activist and poet Ahmed Douma for 4 days, pending Case No. 2449 of 2026, the seventh since the issuance of a presidential pardon for him in August 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prosecution charged Douma with spreading false news and statements inside and outside the country that would disturb public peace and stir confusion, on the basis of posts on social media and an <\/span>article<\/span><\/a> he published on the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed website titled “A Prison Inside the State and a State Inside the Prison”, according to lawyer Khaled Ali. <\/span><\/p>\n

His brother Mohamed tells Zawia3 that it is the seventh time<\/b> his brother has been summoned for investigation since his release with a presidential pardon in 2023, with the charges being similar despite the different case numbers, and the previous times ended with his release on bail totalling about EGP 230,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

He stresses that since his release his brother has tried to rearrange his life and start anew, seeking to make up for what he missed after spending more than ten years in prison, which affected his life and his professional career. He expresses his hope that the decision to arrest him will be reconsidered, and that he will be released as soon as possible, allowing him to continue his life normally.<\/span><\/p>\n

For his part, human rights lawyer Khaled Ali, a member of Ahmed Douma’s defence team, <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> that the review of the renewal of Ahmed Douma’s detention will take place next Thursday, 9 April, at the New Cairo Court, and that the hearing will be held by video conference, which means that he will remain in his place of detention at 10th of Ramadan Prison 4 and will attend the hearing online.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ahmed Douma on His Collection “Curly”: I Wrote It in Prison to Escape Defeat or Explosion<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n