Mahienour El-Massry

El-Masry has been organizing peaceful protests and supports activities for political prisoners, using social media to denounce human rights violations.

[7] The young activist had participated in a protest on 3 December 2013 to call for justice and retribution for Khaled Saeed, the man who was tortured to death in June 2010 and later became one of the symbols of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

On 22 September 2019, El-Masry was detained in Alexandria, she was faced with the charges of terrorism, releasing and spreading false rumours, and misuse of social media.

[9] El-Masry was held in pretrial detention at Al Qanater women's prison in the Menoufia governorate until she was eventually released on 18 July 2021.

[citation needed] She was also named a finalist for the Aurora Humanitarians Prize 2022,[12] which she could not attend because the Egyptian authorities banned her from travelling.