Including a labor leader.. State Security Prosecution considers renewing the detention of 6 activists in Alexandria for raising a banner supporting Palestine
Today, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, The State Security Prosecution considered the renewal of the detention of 6 activists, including a labor leader, for 15 days pending case No. 1644 of 2024, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and participating in a gathering, for raising a banner in support of Palestine in Alexandria Governorate, with the decision to be announced later.
Security forces arrested 6 activists from their homes in Alexandria Governorate on Sunday, April 28, 2024, for raising a banner in support of Palestine. Their names are as follows, Omar Sami Al Ansari Goueili, Abdullah Ahmed Abdel Dayem, Shahab al-Din Ashraf al-Samadi, Youssef Yasser Mohammed Farran, and Mohamed Ahmed Hamed Diab. The next day, labor leader Shadi Ali Mohamed, known as Shadi Mohamed, who works at a textile company in Alexandria, was also arrested.
The Popular Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Alexandria condemned the arrest of its five members, in addition to Shadi Mohamed, who is a member of the Popular Socialist Alliance Party, demanding their release along with all prisoners of solidarity with Palestine.
Shadi Mohamed, a founding member of the Permanent Conference of Alexandria Workers and a former leader in the Independent Union of Workers of the “Nile Linen Group” for Furniture and Textiles, was arbitrarily dismissed from it in 2019 for allegedly being absent from work, for participating in workers’ protests against the company’s management policies.
Due to his union activity, Shadi Mohamed was previously arrested on October 3, 2022, in case No. 10233 of 2022, on charges of “joining a terrorist group, and spreading false news,” and was detained in Borg El Arab Prison Later he was released on bail on October 24, 2022.
