Hafez Abu Seada

Arabic: حافظ أبو سعدة; 1965 – 26 November 2020) was an Egyptian politician, human rights activist, and Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Human rights,^[1] Egypt's oldest human rights NGO, most known for his campaigns against torture and police brutality in Egypt.^[2]

2011 Revolution against the Mubarak regime, and took part in the street protests that ousted Egypt's longtime dictator, Abu Seada also harshly opposed the Muslim Brotherhood's regime and took part in the June 2013 uprising that ultimately led to the deposing of president Morsi on July 3, 2013. Abu Seada ran in Egypt's 2015 parliamentary elections,^[3] he nominated himself in the Maadi electoral district as a candidate of the conservative party.^[4] He pledged that the preservation of human rights and freedom of expression will be on the top of his legislative agenda if elected. Abu Seada's strongest opponents in the elections were Hussein Megawer a leading figure of Mubarak's defunct National Democratic Party and a former member of parliament, and Gamal El Sherif a well known lawyer. Abu Seada came in third in the polls, losing in the first round, while El Sherif defeated Megawer in the runoffs by a landslide. Abu Seada attained a PhD in international law from Alexandria University

Egyptian regimes. The organization said Abu Seada had always sided with the military regimes and turned blind eye to many serious human rights violations. Abu Seada used his position, the Secretary-General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, to cover up Egypt's military human rights violations. Furthermore, internal Intelligence US reports said Abu Seada received large funds from UAE between August 2015 to July 2017 to support UAE's foreign and regional policies.^[5]