18 March 2026
On March 18, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan, known as Mohamed Oxygen, pending lawsuit No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
Since his arrest in April 2018, Oxygen was subjected to a prolonged series of violations, beginning with enforced disappearance for several days before appearing at the State Security Prosecution. He was charged with spreading false news and joining a terrorist group. During his detention, he endured torture, long periods of solitary confinement, denial of visits, and restrictions on receiving money or medicine, which led him to multiple hunger strikes in protest of dire conditions. Although the court issued release orders or substituted detention with precautionary measures, these were not implemented, and he was recharged in a new lawsuit with the same charges after enforced disappearances, particularly following the September 2019 protests.
In 2021, he was referred to a speedy trial before the Emergency State Security Court, which ended with a final sentence of four years in prison and a fine. The trial was marred by violations of his rights to a fair trial and a lack of evidence. His mental health deteriorated, leading to a suicide attempt, severe depression, and isolation, compounded by his mother’s death and his refusal to leave prison to attend her funeral. Later, violations continued inside prison, including physical assault, prolonged solitary confinement in Badr Prison, and denial of basic rights, prompting another hunger strike in 2024 to protest against the inhumane conditions he endured.
03 March 2026
The Cairo Criminal Court (First Terrorism Circuit) has ordered the renewal of detention for blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan, known as “Mohamed Oxygen,” for 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), on charges of joining a terrorist group. The decision was issued despite his absence from the court session.
“Oxygen” had completed on 3 January the execution of a four-year prison sentence in Case No. 1228 of 2021 (State Security Misdemeanors, Fifth Settlement), a case in which he was tried before the State Security Emergency Court and received a final, non-appealable verdict.
The renewal of his detention comes within a long history of violations he has faced since his arrest in April 2018, including prolonged pretrial detention, enforced disappearance, mistreatment, solitary confinement, denial of visitation rights, deprivation of medical care, a suicide attempt in August 2021, and multiple hunger strikes protesting the conditions of his imprisonment.
Mohamed Oxygen remains in pretrial detention under Case No. 855 of 2020, a situation legally described as “recycling,” despite having served his previous sentence. Human rights organizations continue to call for his release and an end to the ongoing harassment he faces due to his journalistic work.
20 January 2026
The Cairo Criminal Court (First Terrorism Circuit) has ordered the renewal of detention for blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan, known as “Mohamed Oxygen,” for 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), on charges of joining a terrorist group. The decision was issued despite his absence from the court session.
“Oxygen” had completed on 3 January the execution of a four-year prison sentence in Case No. 1228 of 2021 (State Security Misdemeanors, Fifth Settlement), a case in which he was tried before the State Security Emergency Court and received a final, non-appealable verdict.
The renewal of his detention comes within a long history of violations he has faced since his arrest in April 2018, including prolonged pretrial detention, enforced disappearance, mistreatment, solitary confinement, denial of visitation rights, deprivation of medical care, a suicide attempt in August 2021, and multiple hunger strikes protesting the conditions of his imprisonment.
Mohamed Oxygen remains in pretrial detention under Case No. 855 of 2020, a situation legally described as “recycling,” despite having served his previous sentence. Human rights organizations continue to call for his release and an end to the ongoing harassment he faces due to his journalistic work.
13 June 2021
The Third Circuit (Criminal / Terrorism) had decided at Sunday’s session, June 13, 2021, to renew the detention of both “Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan”, Known as “ Mohamed Oxygen” and “Sameh Ramadan Mohamed Saudi”, for 45 days pending Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, with chargers of joining a terrorist group.
It should be noted that a judgment to release “Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan” with precautionary measures was issued, pending case No. 1356 of 2019, in which he was charged with joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, Also, another judgment to release him was issued pending case No. 621 of 2019, but neither of them was implemented, Conversely, he was investigated in the current case.
In the same context, a judgment to release “Sameh Ramadan Mohamed Saudi” with precautionary measures was also issued, pending case No. 1305 of 2018, and during the period of precautionary measures, he was investigated in a new case No. 1338 of 2019, and he was in pretrial detention, till he was recycled in the current case
22 March 2021
The third circuit (Criminal / Terrorism) decided at the meeting held on Monday 22 March 2021, to renew the detention of both “Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan”, Known as “ Mohamed Oxygen” and “Sameh Ramadan Mohamed Saudi”, for 45 days pending investigations in case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, with chargers of joining a terrorist group.
It should be noted that a decision to release “Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Radwan” was issued, with precautionary measures in case No. 1356 of 2019, in which he is facing charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, Also, another decision to release him was issued in case No. 621 of 2019, but neither of them were implemented, Conversely, he was investigated in a new case No. 855 for 2020 Supreme State Security.
In the same context, a decision to release “Sameh Ramadan Mohamed Saudi” was also issued, with precautionary measures in case No. 1305 of 2018, and during the period of precautionary measures, he was investigated in a new case No. 1338 of 2019, and was detained till he was re-imprisoned on new charges in case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security.
