Hafez Abu Seada

Abu Seada was a vocal supporter of Egypt's 2011 Revolution against the Mubarak regime, and took part in the street protests that ousted Egypt's longtime dictator, Abu Seada also harshly opposed the Muslim Brotherhood's regime and took part in the June 2013 uprising that ultimately led to the deposing of president Morsi on July 3, 2013.

Abu Seada ran in Egypt's 2015 parliamentary elections,[3] he nominated himself in the Maadi electoral district as a candidate of the conservative party.

Abu Seada's strongest opponents in the elections were Hussein Megawer a leading figure of Mubarak's defunct National Democratic Party and a former member of parliament, and Gamal El Sherif a well known lawyer.

Abu Seada attained a PhD in international law from Alexandria University in 2017, and remained one of the vocal defenders of human rights in Egypt despite a massive government crackdown on civil society.

The organization said Abu Seada had always sided with the military regimes and turned blind eye to many serious human rights violations.