source: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
actor1: Police Forces of Egypt (2014-)
actor2: Civilians (Egypt)
location: Cairo
notes: On October 17, 2019, in Cairo, human rights lawyer Amr Imam was arbitrarily arrested by police officers and held an unknown location for 24 hours before being sent to Tura Prison. Days before his arrest he announced that he was planning on doing a hunger strike to protest police brutality, torture, and arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances.