Background
Abu Seada was born on 1965 in Cairo Egypt.
Abu Seada was born on 1965 in Cairo Egypt.
He took part in the student movement of the 1980s against president Mubarak"s government and was detained several times due to his dissident activities. Abu Seada took part of dozens of international human rights conferences, as well as attending the United Nations Human Rights council sessions in Geneva regularly representing the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights which has a consultative status with the United Nations that gives it the right to observe various United Nations sessions. Abu Seada was a vocal supporter of Egypt"s 2011 Revolution against the Mubarak regime, and took part on 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 is running in Egypt"s 2015 parliamentary elections, he has nominated him self in the Maadi electoral district as a candidate of the conservative party.
He pledged that the preservation of human rights and freedom of expression will be on the top of his legislative agenda if elected.
After graduating from law school he worked as a human rights lawyer and got involved in Egyptian civil society, and throughout his human rights career he held many posts including the presidency of the Egyptian Organization for human Rights, he was appointed in the mid 2000s in the government formed Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, and he is also a member of International Federation for Human Rights and was its envoy to the Arab league from 2004 to 2007.