Abdullah Shousha, Amgad TV
Medium:Internet, Television
Charge:Anti-State, Retaliatory
Imprisoned:September 22, 2013

Abdullah Shousha was arrested on September 22, 2013, while covering protests in Ismailiya, according to news reports and local press freedom organizations. Shousha is a correspondent and cameraman for Amgad TV, a privately owned Islamist channel. He also provided photos and footage to the opposition news outlet, Rassd, according to his Facebook page.

A month before his arrest, Shousha filmed an unarmed protester being shot by Egyptian armed forces in Ismailiya. The footage was aired by numerous television channels and has been viewed over 600,000 times on Shousha's YouTube page.

Prosecutors charged Shousha with "incitement to violence," "participating in an illegal protest," and "incitement against the ruling government" and ordered him held in pre-trial detention, according to local press freedom groups. On April 17, 2016, a criminal court found the journalist guilty of all charges and sentenced him to two years in prison. The court also convicted him of raising what is known as the "Raba'a Sign," a four-finger salute meant to commemorate the deaths of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters during the violent dispersal of a sit-in at Raba'a al-Adawiya square in August 2013. Authorities banned the symbol in late 2013. Shousha's defense was preparing to appeal the sentence in late 2016, according to reports.

Shousha is facing a separate trial, known as the "Cell Cluster," in which he and 88 other defendants are accused of belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, setting fire to vehicles belonging to members of the police force and the judiciary in Ismailiya, and belonging to armed groups. The trial was ongoing in late 2016.

According to posts made by Shousha's sister to his Facebook page, the journalist is being held in Port Said prison, in a small cell that he shares with 7 other people.

The journalist, who was 23 at the time of his arrest, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in sociology at the University of Suez.

Shousha was not included in CPJ's 2013, 2014, or 2015 prison censuses because CPJ was not aware of his case.

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