The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has monitored the announcement by labor leader Shady Mohamed of his full hunger strike without water since January 29, in protest of his transfer from Al-Ashir 6 Prison to Borg El-Arab 2 Prison, west of Alexandria, without justification, and the stripping of all his personal belongings.
Egyptian authorities arrested Mohamed in April last year, along with five other young men from Alexandria, after they hung a banner in solidarity with Palestine on a bridge in the city.
At the time, the Supreme State Security Prosecution charged them with “joining a terrorist group, spreading false information, and participating in an unauthorized gathering,” in connection with Case No. 1644 of 2024 (Supreme State Security Registry). Additionally, Mohamed faces extra charges in the case, including “founding a terrorist group and leading subversive elements.”
Mohamed’s wife stated that she filed an online complaint to the Public Prosecutor regarding his hunger strike, registered under No. 1102820, confirming that he was transferred without being allowed to take his personal belongings, including his clothes and medical glasses.
CFJ expresses solidarity with Mohamed in his hunger strike as an attempt to protest the injustice against him. The committee holds Egyptian authorities fully responsible for his life and health condition and calls for an end to the arbitrary measures taken against him. CFJ urges the authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally and to stop targeting him for his opinions.
