Egyptian student Oqba Hashad has spent five years and nine months in pretrial detention as punishment for his brother’s human rights activism. He is held in 10th of Ramadan Prison, where authorities continue to cruelly deny him a prosthetic leg, which he needs to walk unassisted as his right leg has been amputated above the knee since his childhood. Even though, the prison administration began procedures to provide Oqba Hashad with a functional prosthetic leg in February 2025, he has yet to receive one. Egyptian authorities should release him immediately and unconditionally as his detention is solely linked to his brother’s human rights activism. Pending his release, they should urgently provide him with a prosthetic leg.
