52 Country Report: Data Visualization
| Total Population of Prisoners In Egypt (2020) | ~114000 |
| Political Prisoner Population (2022) | ~65000 |
| Total Arrests Made in 2022 for Political Charges | 2559 |
| Total Arrests Made in Association to 2019 Riots | 4000 |
| Arrests and Sentences given in 2023 for 2019 Riots | 81 |
| Al Jazeera Journalists Arrested for Political Crimes | 3 |
| Influencers Arrested for Political Charges in 2023 | 5 |
| Journalists Detained In Egypt | 21 |
Data was Sourced From: Telegraph: Calcutta, Al Jazeera, Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists and Malay Mail Online
I chose this method to visualize this data in order to illustrate an issue that is brought up in the article published by the Human Rights Watch which identifies that Egypt is not giving out information or details about a overwhelming amount of their arrests and prisoner statistics. Each graph further breaks down the small fraction of data known about the prisoner population in Egypt, an majority of which is comprised of people charged with sentences related to political crimes, which can be found as vagues as best from the definitions given by the Egyptian Government. The final graph shows how much of the cases from these instances actually make it to publication. Crimes, specifically of this nature require a vigilance to details as with the sheer volume of arrests and the background of what constituted their arrests are concerning to say the least for the safety of political freedom in the country.
Citation:
BBC Monitoring. “ Al Jazeera Condemns Egypt’s Renewed Remand of Its Journalists.” BBC Worldwide Limited, 18 Sept. 2022. Global Newsstream, https://www.proquest.com/asianews/docview/2777252181/fulltext/B3F0FABB0974483BPQ/1?accountid=9783. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.
“Egyptian Content Creators Arrested over Spoof Prison Visit Video.” Malay Mail Online, 1 Feb. 2023. Global Newsstream, http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/egyptian-content-creators-arrested-over-spoof/docview/2771527327/se-2?accountid=9783. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.
Human Rights Watch. “Egypt: Release Prison Population Figures.” Asia News Monitor, 1 Mar. 2023. Global Newsstream, https://www.proquest.com/asianews/docview/2780471562/citation/AEB100B4698945E9PQ/1?accountid=9783. Accessed 1 Mar. 2023.
Human Rights Watch. (2023, February 23). Rights Groups Urge Un Human Rights Council to Act on Egypt. Asian Newsstream. Retrieved February 24, 2023, from https://www.proquest.com/asianews/docview/2780166934/citation/7D6FC29B67AA494APQ/1?accountid=9783.
Human Rights Watch. “World: Video Whitewashes Egyptian Prison Abuses.” Thai News Service Group, 27 Dec. 2021. Asian Newsstream, http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/world-video-whitewashes-egyptian-prison-abuses/docview/2613291178/se-2?accountid=9783. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.
“Record Number of Journalists Imprisoned in 2022.” Premium Times, 18 Dec. 2022. Global Newsstream, https://www.proquest.com/asianews/docview/2755204068/citation/BE5A35661A1E4584PQ/1?accountid=9783. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.
Welle, Deutsche. “Egypt: Egypt’s Prisons Not Fit for Humans.” Thai News Service Group, 29 Mar. 2020. Global Newsstream, http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/egypt-egypts-prisons-not-fit-humans/docview/2407345733/se-2?accountid=9783. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.