Anas Hassan
Additional Name(s): أنس حسن
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Egypt
Religion or Belief: Unknown
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Appeal: Rejected
Sentence: 3 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: August//2019
Date of Sentencing: February/27/2020
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Texts) Non-Belief Online Activity
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Immorality Incitement to Commit Crime & Violence Miscellaneous Religious Crimes
Anas Hassan
Extra Bio Info:
Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged atheistic activity.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists," and charged him with “publishing a religious text in a way that distorts its meaning” (Art. 161(1) ECC), "inciting hatred against a sect of people" (Art. 176 ECC), and "assaulting Egyptian family values” (Art. 25 Cyber-Crime Law, 2018), among others.
On February 27, 2020, the Economic Misdemeanors Court of Ameriya sentenced Hassan to three years' imprisonment and fined him 300,000 Egyptian pounds for "insulting religion" and "misusing social media."
Hassan was released from prison after serving his three-year sentence.
Publicly Available Information:
- USCIRF Annual Report 2023: Egypt
- "النقض ترفض الطعن على حبس مدوّن ثلاث سنوات لاتهامه بإدارة صفحة "الملحدين المصريين" على فيسبوك" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Egypt U.S. Department of State
- USCIRF Annual Report 2021: Egypt
- "Economic Misdemeanour Appeals court upholds verdict against blogger, with 3 years imprisonment and a 300,000 EGP fine for managing the 'Egyptian Atheists' Facebook page" Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)