Shady Habash
Rights groups sign letter denouncing human rights abuses in Egypt
The letter signed by 63 organizations expresses concern over arbitrary arrests, detention and judicial persecution of human rights activists in Egypt
24-year-old Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash dies in prison
Habash was in a Cairo prison since 2018 after directing a music video which mocked and ridiculed Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and spoke out against government corruption