The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the detention of human rights activist Marwa Samy Abu Zeid (42 years old) for 15 days pending investigations in case number 7887 of 2024, High State Security Prosecution, on Monday, April 7, 2025.
The committee reported that the High State Security Prosecution issued the renewal decision on Monday, April 7, 2025, based on accusations related to spreading false news and financing banned entities.
Security forces arrested Marwa at Cairo International Airport while she was completing procedures to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah pilgrimage, without providing any reasons. She was then subjected to enforced disappearance for two days before being brought before the prosecution, which ordered her detention.
It is worth noting that Marwa Abu Zeid is the wife of detained activist Abdel Rahman Mohamed Hassan Dabi, who has been imprisoned since April 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment in a protest-related case.
For its part, the CFJ strongly condemns these violations, stating that the arrest and detention of Marwa are part of a broader targeting of human rights defenders and the families of detainees. The committee demands that Egyptian authorities immediately release her, cease all arbitrary measures against her, and address the unjust treatment of her and her husband.
