Basma Mostafa

Director of Programs @LdsfInfo | Journalist & WHRD in exile | Exposing transnational repression and calling for justice and protection for those forced to flee.

[Basma Mostafa @MosBasma]

This must stop. This case demands urgent attention. @FCDOGovUK, @UKHomeOffice, and @metpoliceuk should take all necessary measures to investigate, prevent, and respond to acts of #TransnationalRepression targeting activists and their families. #ProxyPunishment

[Law & Democracy Support Foundation @LdsfInfo]

This is a stark example of #ProxyPunishment and #TransnationalRepression.

🚨 In less than three months, five members of the family of British-Egyptian opposition activist #MonaElShazly have been subjected to arrest or enforced disappearance solely because of their relationship to her and her views expressed from the United Kingdom. The targeting has extended beyond her family to include the repeated shutdown of her digital platforms, the theft of her car, direct threats of violence, and incidents raising concerns about surveillance and intimidation.

We call on #Egypt to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained in connection with this case, disclose the fate and whereabouts of Saber El Shazly, end the targeting of Mona El Shazly and her family, and put an end to the use of relatives as tools of pressure and retaliation against dissidents.

We also urge #UK authorities to take urgent action to protect Mona El Shazly, investigate the threats, harassment, and potential surveillance incidents she has faced on British soil as possible acts of transnational repression, and take immediate diplomatic steps to secure the release of her sister, British citizen Eman El Shazly, while ensuring she receives full consular protection and support.

🔗 Full statement: https://t.co/yANuQvdRby

[Ben Keith @BenCAKeith]

An extradition request is an allegation. No court has tested the evidence behind it. Yet people sit in custody for months while the paperwork is argued, and the requesting state risks nothing if it is wrong.

[Anas Altikriti أنس التكريتي @anasaltikriti]

An excellent piece in @MiddleEastEye by @OborneTweets who strings the pieces of this sordid episode together, and asks crucial questions about the UAE's relationship with the UK.

The UAE plot to assassinate me didn't happen in isolation. There was a context, and Peter brilliantly frames that context.

https://t.co/7UR01nOb63

[Basma Mostafa @MosBasma]

#StopTransnationalRepression

[AMR ABD ELHADY || عمرو عبد الهادي @amrelhady4000]

Urgent Statement Regarding the Arrest of My Brother Ahmed in Egypt

In the early hours of August 16, 2026, at around 2:00 AM, National Security forces raided my mother’s apartment, but they did not find my mother or my sister at home.

The forces then proceeded to my brother Ahmed’s apartment, stormed the home, and took him away in front of his wife and three children to the National Security headquarters in Imbaba police district. He later appeared on August 17 before the Supreme State Security Prosecution.

After interrogating my mother for about five hours, the security forces told her verbatim: “Tell your son Amr to calm down a bit.”

Ahmed was a supporter of June 30, yet his home was still raided and he was taken away in front of his wife and three children.

We call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the reasons and circumstances of Ahmed’s arrest, ensure his physical and psychological safety, allow him to communicate with his family and lawyer, and guarantee all his legal rights.

We also urge @amnesty @hrw @UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts to urgently follow up on Ahmed’s case, document what he has been subjected to, and verify the conditions of his detention and the procedures taken against him.

Ahmed should not be made to pay the price for his brother’s opinions or writings.

[Law & Democracy Support Foundation @LdsfInfo]

🚨 مصر: دعم القانون والديمقراطية تطالب بالإفراج عن الكاتب والروائي بيتر توفيق كمال

تدين مؤسسة دعم القانون والديمقراطية استمرار احتجاز الكاتب والروائي بيتر توفيق كمال على خلفية أعماله الأدبية وآرائه المنشورة على الإنترنت، واتهامه بازدراء الأديان والدعوة إلى الإلحاد. وتؤكد المؤسسة أن ملاحقة الكُتّاب والمبدعين بسبب أعمالهم الأدبية تمثل انتهاكًا لحرية التعبير والإبداع وحرية الاعتقاد، وتتناقض مع الضمانات الدستورية والتزامات مصر الدولية في مجال حقوق الإنسان.

وتطالب المؤسسة بـ:
الإفراج الفوري وغير المشروط عن بيتر توفيق كمال. إسقاط جميع الاتهامات المرتبطة بممارسته السلمية لحرية التعبير والإبداع. فتح تحقيق مستقل في ملابسات احتجازه وإخفائه قسريًا. ضمان عدم تعرضه أو أسرته لأي أعمال انتقامية.

📄 للاطلاع على البيان الكامل، يرجى زيارة الرابط التالي: https://t.co/XhzADu8hGe

[Law & Democracy Support Foundation @LdsfInfo]

📢 LDSF Calls for the Immediate Release of Writer and Novelist Peter Tawfik Kamal

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of writer and novelist Peter Tawfik Kamal, who is being prosecuted in connection with his literary work and peaceful exercise of freedom of expression.

LDSF stresses that writers and artists should not face criminal prosecution because of their ideas, beliefs, or creative works. Freedom of expression and artistic creativity are fundamental rights protected under international human rights law.

LDSF calls for:
- The immediate and unconditional release of writer and novelist Peter Tawfik Kamal.
- The dismissal of all charges related to his peaceful exercise of freedom of expression and artistic creativity.
- An independent and transparent investigation into the allegations of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, and manipulation of the date of his arrest.
- Guarantees that neither he nor members of his family will be subjected to reprisals for seeking to protect his legal rights.

📄 Read the full statement here:

https://t.co/9mtxb9CkZv

#FreePeterTawfikKamal #FreedomOfExpression #ArtisticFreedom #HumanRights

[Shorouk Yasser @SheroukYasser4]

A New Investigation with @cnnarabic

**Silent Shots: Who Killed the AL-Suwayda Hospital Volunteer?**

Watch the full investigation here: https://t.co/gIb3967Xys

Note: The video is in Arabic. You can turn on subtitles/captions on YouTube.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

I just submitted an op-ed on this to Washington Post, discussing how technology cannot substitute human accountability. We must have transparency, or all the new rules and reviews create more opportunities for interference. With all due respect to one of the best referees in history I have to confront this assessment. It was technically BEFORE the goal in absolute time but not IMMEDIATELY before. It's quite a stretch of the normal logic to directly connect an accident near the goal area of one team to the action on the opposite side of the field. And since there was no arbiter's whistle to stop the game (wrong decision, agreed!), this violation cannot justify the decision to disallow the goal. And regarding the second incident in question, you are again correct stating that there was no violation of the rules against Salah, but this conclusion is reached after careful examination of the video footage from various angles. The referee during the game could not instantly verify it and considering the similarities of these two cases HAD to go to the monitor to confirm the assessment. By not doing so he simply reiterated our understanding that the game is being run by anonymous partisans behind the screens.

[( fan) Real Madrid Fans 🤍 @Madridismoreal]

La FIFA no para de suspender el vídeo del ROBO de ARGENTINA.

MÁXIMA DIFUSIÓN A ESTE VIDEO. QUE NO CAIGAN EN EL OLVIDO QUE ROBARON A EGIPTO.

[ISHR @ISHRglobal]

🇪🇬 After exposing serious human rights abuses in Egypt, @MosBasma was forced to flee.

Even in exile, the threats continue: surveillance, cyberattacks, harassment.

But Basma's story is not only about transnational repression. It is also about persistence.
#EndReprisals

[فهد الأحمدي 🆇 @fhd8866h]

الفيديو حُذف من الفيفا الجبان ‼️

ولكن والله لو حذفوا حسابي، سأفتح غيره في نفس اليوم.

وسأعيد نشر هذا الفيديو، لأن ما يراه الناس لا تمحوه ضغطة زر بالحذف ..

ليبقى شاهدًا في ذاكرة الجماهير العربية على الظلم الذي تعرّض له منتخب مصر 🦅🇪🇬

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: Egypt’s goal against Argentina should never have been ruled out, a former referee writes. "Argentina’s collective failure to defend their goal because they allowed Ziko to run past them is not part of the decision-making process." https://t.co/AlmLb8xqLH

[𝐓𝐌 𝐅Ú𝐓𝐁𝐎𝐋 @TMfutbal]

🚨🗣️ Mostafa Ziko (Egypt): “We were brilliant against the Israel of football. But the referee, François Letexier, was clearly biased from the very start of the match. He constantly tried to stop us and shut us down on the pitch. The World Cup is already scripted for them.”

[Geronimo Morgans @GeronimoMorgans]

VAR didn't review two clear fouls inside the Argentinian box (against Egypt players) before Enzo Fernández's goal. Why? A foul on Martínez overturned Egypt's second goal. Why does the treatment have to be so one-sided? This is completely unfair. FIFA, be ashamed. Be genuinely ashamed. This is Robbery. Egypt have been robbed.

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

Salah was TRIPPED in the BOX

This was a FOUL and a Penatly https://t.co/gubfCZxT3d

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Referee Didn't Give Egypt a Penalty for this...

FIFA IS RIGGED!

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Egypt's disallowed goal was completely against how this tournament has been refereed.

You can't have a light touch where you don't give fouls for minimal contact and then rule out a goal through VAR for a very minimal hold of the shirt.

#ARGEGY

[Basma Mostafa @MosBasma]

@FIFAWorldCup

[Basma Mostafa @MosBasma]

@FIFAWorldCup RIGGED!

[𝐓𝐌 𝐅Ú𝐓𝐁𝐎𝐋 @TMfutbal]

🚨 | SCANDAL: This wasn’t called a foul or checked by VAR. 🇦🇷💰✅