Mustafa Kassem

1964

2020

Mustafa Kassem

Mustafa Kassem was an Egyptian born American citizen who was detained in August 2013 in Cairo while visiting his family. He was held in pretrial detention for more than five years before being sentenced without due process in September 2018 to 15 years in prison. Mustafa died in an Egyptian prison of heart failure while conducting a hunger strike. He was 54 years old.