Hazem Hosny (also spelled Hazem Hosni) is an Egyptian political scientist. He was Professor of Political Science at Cairo University.

Criticism of Sisi

Hazem Hosny has criticised the policies of

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mi ...

with Mahmoud Refaat. In January 2018 he supported Sami Anan's bid to contest Sisi in the

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Arrest

Hosny was arrested without a warrant and held incommunicado in late September 2019 during the

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. His legal defence team called for him to be released immediately. Hosny had earlier described Mohamed Ali, who earlier in September published videos accusing Sisi of corruption and calling for street protests, as playing a "positive role" and described the new protest movement as having the potential to affect the "international formula that largely determines Sisi's continued rule". Hosny argued in favour of "

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Sisi of his dictatorial control of the Egyptian state". Egyptian authorities released Hosny on 23 February 2021, after he spent about a year and a half in pre-trial detention, under the condition that he stay at home as part of his conditional release

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Egyptian political scientists Academic staff of Cairo University {{Egypt-bio-stub