Egyptian activist in 'real danger' in Oman as she faces extradition over social media posts

Egyptian activist in 'real danger' in Oman as she faces extradition over social media posts Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 14:37 Omani authorities use false claims of Interpol Red notice to threaten deportation of Mariam Abdelbasette days after giving birth A social media picture of Mariam Abdelbasette (supplied) Off An Egyptian woman and her newborn baby face extradition on false claims of an Interpol red notice from Oman to Egypt over social media posts she made criticising the Egyptian government. Mariam Abdelbasette has been held since 25 May at the Medical City Hospital for Military Agencies in the Omani capital Muscat after requiring a caesarean section to deliver her baby. Oman has claimed that it is complying with an Interpol Red notice to remove Abdelbasette from the Gulf state and return her to Egypt, following her husband Ahmed Mousa, who was forcibly deported to Egypt on 9 April 2026 and subsequently imprisoned. Red notices  are requests filed by Interpol member states asking law enforcement agencies in other member states to locate and provisionally arrest wanted people. Member states decide whether to act on a red notice in accordance with their own laws. However, there is no evidence of a notice for Abdelbasette on Interpol's public database and her lawyer Ben Keith believes the Omanis' claims as such are false. "We have received unofficial information that there is no Interpol notices of any kind, or alerts on her or her husband…and the Omanis are just refusing to back up their claims," he told Middle East Eye. "So it must be a direct request from the Egyptian government." According to the NHS, it takes six to eight weeks a...

Original source: Middle East Eye