Additional Name(s): Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa, أحمد محمد أحمد خليفة

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Egypt

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: Yes

Date of Detainment: May/9/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Other)

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Terrorism

Ahmed Mohamed

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Ahmed Mohamed is detained for blasphemy.

On May 9, 2022, security officials arrested Mohamed at his home in a village in the Fayoum Governorate. He reportedly remained forcibly disappeared for several days until he reappeared before the state security prosecutor. Mohamed was charged with leading a terrorist group that disrespects “heavenly” religions, desecration of religious symbols, and publicly violating one of the “heavenly” religions.

In March 2023, the Cairo Criminal Court renewed Mohamed’s detention as his case remains under investigation.

Mohamed’s requests to be examined by a psychiatrist have repeatedly been denied.

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