Maikel Nabil Sanad was arrested 28 March 2011 at his home for having criticized the army on his blog. He was the object of an expedited trial and was convicted 11 April 2011. Mr. Sanad was sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine. He was detained in a military prison in Cairo.

Alkarama sent a request to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 9 June 2011 to intervene with the Egyptian authorities on behalf of Mr. Sanad. We called for the release of Mr. Sanad due to his heavy sentence for expressing his opinion.

Alkarama has learned that the Egyptian authorities released Mr. Nabil El-Maghribi on June 2011. He had been taken to prison as a young man in the prime of his life, more than thirty years ago; he leaves as an old man of more than seventy.