{"id":37870,"date":"2024-07-24T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=37870"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:13:06","slug":"renewal-of-detention-of-a-citizen-who-criticized-economic-situation-and-egypts-stance-on-the-palestinian-issue-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>30 Septemebr 2025<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen on the guarantee of his place of residence, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024 (Supreme State Security). He had been detained over posts on his personal Facebook account criticizing several government decisions, its stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and the deteriorating economic situation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These posts led to his arrest on June 29, 2024. He was subjected to enforced disappearance for more than two weeks before appearing before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16 of the same year.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He faced charges of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements harmful to public security and order, and using social media to disseminate false news.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to his release, the Criminal Court had repeatedly renewed his pretrial detention in hearings held between April 8 and August 24, 2025, each time extending it for 45 days.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n21 January 2025<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>24 December\u00a0 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo Criminal Court (Second Circuit Terrorism) renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>9 December 2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo Criminal Court (Second Circuit Terrorism) renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>24 November 2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>10 November 2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>27 October 2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>13 October 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>29 September 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>17 September 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>1 September 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>18 August 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>4 August 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen\u2019s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>July 21, 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution has decided to renew Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen&#8217;s detention for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt&#8217;s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Septemebr 2025 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen on the guarantee of his place of residence, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024 (Supreme State Security). He had been detained over posts on his personal Facebook account criticizing several government decisions, its stance on supporting the Palestinian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[978],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"30 Septemebr 2025 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen on the guarantee of his place of residence, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024 (Supreme State Security). He had been detained over posts on his personal Facebook account criticizing several government decisions, its stance on supporting the Palestinian [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-24T12:20:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T14:13:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"928\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"515\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abdelsalam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abdelsalam\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\",\"name\":\"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-24T12:20:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-10T14:13:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/adb7fc4601172e3f8cb214df34bea9ba\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg\",\"width\":928,\"height\":515},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/\",\"name\":\"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression\",\"description\":\"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/adb7fc4601172e3f8cb214df34bea9ba\",\"name\":\"Abdelsalam\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d645419afee5fd559f864cb9927a84b5d49d414f0319158dae232b09b61206bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d645419afee5fd559f864cb9927a84b5d49d414f0319158dae232b09b61206bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abdelsalam\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/author\/fatma\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","og_description":"30 Septemebr 2025 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen on the guarantee of his place of residence, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024 (Supreme State Security). He had been detained over posts on his personal Facebook account criticizing several government decisions, its stance on supporting the Palestinian [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html","og_site_name":"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","article_published_time":"2024-07-24T12:20:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-10T14:13:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":928,"height":515,"url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abdelsalam","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abdelsalam","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html","url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html","name":"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions - Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-24T12:20:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-10T14:13:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/adb7fc4601172e3f8cb214df34bea9ba"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yasser-Shaheen.jpg","width":928,"height":515},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yasser Shaheen Released After Nearly Two Years in Pretrial Detention Over Criticism of Egypt\u2019s Economic and Political Conditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/","name":"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","description":"Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/adb7fc4601172e3f8cb214df34bea9ba","name":"Abdelsalam","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d645419afee5fd559f864cb9927a84b5d49d414f0319158dae232b09b61206bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d645419afee5fd559f864cb9927a84b5d49d414f0319158dae232b09b61206bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Abdelsalam"},"url":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/author\/fatma"}]}},"modified_by":"somaya magdy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40623,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37870\/revisions\/40623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}