January 18th, 201890Original Link: http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-free-family-imprisoned-egypt-772111
The new year is now upon us. Unfortunately, my mother and father weren’t with me and my family to welcome in the new year, and we may not see them in 2018 without help from the White House.
My parents, Ola and Hosam Khalaf, are two of the...
January 9th, 2018334Read UTimes article on the Medium: https://medium.com/@UTimes2017/ut-alumni-still-detained-in-egypt-3008ea6dd0a9
Ola al-Qaradawi had already been held in solitary confinement for 150 days in an Egyptian prison. During her last detention renewal on Nov. 25, she could only watch helplessly behind a thick glass shield as the...
January 8th, 2018120
Today at the courthouse in the police academy in the Torah prison complex, Hosam was renewed for another 45 days by Judge Shaaban al-Shami, who presides over the criminal court circuit 15. Al-Shami is known for the mass death sentences he ruled on in 2015.
Lawyers were surprised to find out Hosam was not brought to the...
January 4th, 2018143The last 45 days have been extremely difficult for Ola and Hosam’s children who have been denied visits and any communication with their mother and father. The family has had no knowledge about their mother and grandmother except that she remains isolated in solitary confinement in a concrete cell with no insulation, heat or sunlight...
October 25th, 2017169Free Ola and Hosam Campaign
October 25, 2017
Prosecutor Extends Hosam’s Illegal Detainment For The 8th Time
The 15-day detainment extension was the only chance for Hosam to know his wife is alive. The prosecutor stripped him of even that. Hosam and Ola have been moved to different days for their detainment extensions since...
October 23rd, 2017321As a way to help spread the awareness about this cause, we need your help to ignite creativity and visual awareness to your friends, and community by print this banner in any size or format that you would like. Then taking a picture of yourself, or your background with the banner, posting it on your facebook and twitter, instagram, or...
September 22nd, 201798Statement Issued By Jared Genser (Perseus Strategies)
Pressure is mounting on Egypt with today’s publication of an oped in The Hill, urgent appeals by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and a complaint lodged with UN Special Rapporteurs.
Washington D.C. and Geneva — Today, Aayah Hossam, the American daughter of...