Egypt Human Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma

U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Co-Chairs of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus, today urged the Egyptian government to immediately release Ahmed Douma, who was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters:

"We urge the Egyptian government to immediately release Egyptian poet, writer, and activist, Ahmed Douma. His latest arrest for simply exercising his right to free expression follows a systematic campaign of judicial harassment by the government. President al-Sisi should end his targeting of activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and critics of his government and free all those wrongfully detained for exercising their fundamental freedoms."