Mohamed Zaree is an Egyptian human rights activist.
He is the Egypt country director for the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)[1] and the leader of the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights NGOs.
[2] He was the recipient of the 2017 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
[3] He was not allowed by the Egyptian government to collect his award and he is currently banned from leaving the country by the Egyptian government.
[4][5] Zaree attended Cairo University, where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree from the Faculty of Law in 2002 and a graduate diploma in Civil Society and Human Rights in 2004.