Sanaa Seif, activist, writer and film editor was released from jail after serving 18 months convicted.

Activist, writer, and film editor Sanaa Seif was sentenced for 18 months in jail on March 17. Sana was convicted on bogus charges of spreading false news, misusing social media, and insulting a police officer. Seif was in police custody since June 23, 2020, and is not convicted under bogus charges. She was not brought into court at the time of his conviction. Sanaa was critical of the unhygienic conditions of Egypt’s overcrowded prisons during the onset of coronavirus. She was campaigning for the release of detainees arbitrarily held in prisons including her brother.

القاهرة، مصر، ١٠ نوفمبر،٢٠٢٠—تم تأجيل جلسة محاكمة الصحفية وصانعة الأفلام سناء سيف ل١٥ ديسمبر للسماح لمحاميها بتصوير أوراق القضية واستدعاء شهود النفي. يناشد تحالف النساء العاملات بالصحافة السلطات المصرية بأنهاء هذه المحاكمة الهزلية وإطلاق سراح الصحفية فورا.

Journalist and filmmaker Sanaa Seif’s trial has been adjourned until December 15 to allow her lawyers to copy the case file and summon exclusion witnesses. The Coalition For Women In Journalism urges the Egyptian authorities to end this unfounded trial and release the journalist immediately.

القاهرة،مصر، 6 أغسطس،2020—يدين التحالف الاحتجاز التعسفي لصانعة الأفلام سناء سيف التي شاركت في توثيق ثورة يناير 2011 في مصر. سناء هي أخت المدون المعتقل والناشط السياسي علاء عبدالفتاح. تحالف النساء العاملات بالصحافة يعتبر احتجاز سناء انتهاكا واضحا للدستور المصري ويطالب السلطات المصرية بإطلاق سراحها علي الفور. وعلى النظام أن يتوقف عن ممارسة أعماله الانتقامية إزاء أسر المعارضين السياسيين والمدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان

We condemn the Imprisonment of filmmaker editor Sanaa Seif, who documented the uprising in Egypt and continues to be vocal about making the regime accountable. Sanaa is also the sister of detained blogger and political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah. CFWIJ finds this imprisonment of Sanaa Seif as a clear violation of Egyptian constitution. The CFWIJ calls upon the Egyptian authorities to release her immediately. The regime must put a stop to such acts of reprisal against families of political dissidents and human rights defenders.