The Committee for Justice has documented the death of political detainee, accountant Moharram Fouad Ali Azab (50 years old), just 24 hours after his arrest from his home in the Basatin district of Cairo.
According to available information, Azab was arrested from his home in Cairo on August 19, 2025, and taken to an undisclosed location. His family was then shocked to receive a call informing them of his death in the early hours of Thursday, August 20.
According to CFJ, the victim’s family received his body at 2:30 a.m. on August 21, amid heavy security measures that prevented holding a funeral prayer or announcing it in mosques, restricting the burial to family members only.
Moharram Fouad Azab was an accountant and the owner of a marble factory in the Shaq El-Thoaban area. Originally from the village of Damanhour El-Wahsh in Zifta, Gharbia Governorate, he had been living in the Basatin district of Cairo before his arrest.
CFJ holds the Egyptian authorities responsible for the death of the political detainee and calls for an investigation into the circumstances of his death, accountability for those responsible, and prevention of impunity.
With this, the number of deaths documented by CFJ since the beginning of 2025 inside prisons and detention centers in Egypt has risen to 39 cases, following 50 deaths documented during 2024.
Accurate information about death cases during detention in Egypt can be obtained through the Justice Watch Archive service provided by CFJ, which contains information about more than 14,000 victims and over 30,000 violations. It also monitors violations inside more than 500 places of detention in Egypt.
