EGYPT / Detained December 3, 2013
Ahmed Douma was a leading figure in the pro-democracy revolution that forced former President Hosni Mubarak to step down. In December 2013, he was arrested at his home, following a protest organized by the No Military Trials for Civilians campaign in defiance of a new restrictive protest law. The protests was violently dispersed by the police. He was convicted of rioting, inciting violence and attacking security forces. Within days he was sentenced for his participation in illegal protests under the new protest law. In February 2015, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced him to life imprisonment. This was later commuted to 15 years imprisonment.