DelBene, Beyer Call for Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma

Today, Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chairs of the Egypt Human Rights Caucus, 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.”