Esraa Abdelfattah
Esraa Abdelfattah (no link with Alaa Abdelfattah) to prominence by covering the Tahrir Square protests and filming herself under the pseudonym “Facebook Girl”. She later focused on her activities as a journalist for the private daily Al-Tahrir. The website was blocked by the authorities in May 2019 without reason. In October 2019, Egyptian security forces arrested her for "belonging to a terrorist group", "disseminating false news" and "misuse of social media". One year later, justice opened a new investigation against her, resetting her duration of pre-trial detention.
Solidarity address
Esraa Abdelfattah
Al-Qanater women’s prison
Derwah, Ashmoun, Menofia Governorate
Egypt
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