Taher Mokhtar
HRD, Doctor
Doctors’ Syndicate
Taher Mokhtar is a human rights defender and member of the rights and freedom committee at the Doctors’ Syndicate. He has been an outspoken critic of health conditions in places of detention in Egypt, and is a member of the campaign titled “Medical Neglect in Places of Detention is a Crime”.
Taher MokhtarCases
A significant crackdown on civil society in Egypt has been taking place since 2014. HRDs face an extremely challenging situation due to restrictions imposed on civil society and peaceful public gatherings and protests, travel bans, the arrest and sentencing of HRDs, bloggers, journalists and protesters, as well as an ongoing smear campaign against human rights groups.
