Hisham Genena

Hisham Genena (also spelled Geneina or Genina; Arabic: هشام جنينة) is an Egyptian former policeman and judge. He was head of the Egyptian Central Auditing Organization from 2012 to 2016.

Hisham Genena (2015)
Hisham Genena (2017)

Hisham Genena was Egypt's top corruption official until he was fired after he exposed vast government corruption.[1][2]

Biography

In January 2018, Hisham Genena supported Sami Anan's bid to contest Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in the 2018 Egyptian presidential election. On 27 January 2018, Genena was attacked by three unidentified men outside his home.[3] After Anan was arrested, Genena told the Huffington Post that he had access to documents showing that army leaders played a role in encouraging social unrest after the Egyptian revolution of 2011, and threatened to release these documents if Anan's life was threatened, he mentioned documents are abroad which carried to believe they are in possession of the international lawyer Mahmoud Refaat who was the spokesman of Sami Anan and the director of his presidential campaign abroad. On 12 February, Genena was arrested,[4] and later also Moataz Wadnan, the journalist who had interviewed him.[5]

In April 2018, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for "insulting the military", a sentence which was upheld in March 2019.[6]

References
  1. Mohamed Abdel Maguid, Ex-chief of staff Sami Anan announces presidential bid, Egypt Today, 20 January 2018.
  2. Egypt's former army chief of staff Anan announces 2018 presidential elections bid, Ahram Online, 20 January 2018
  3. In pictures: Egypt assault on Hisham Geneina, Middle East Monitor, 29 January 2018.
  4. Egypt arrests former top-auditor Hisham Geneina, Egypt Independent, 13 February 2018.
  5. HuffPost journalist detained over Hisham Geneina interview, Egypt Independent, 23 February 2018.
  6. Egypt court upholds prison term for former anti-graft chief for 'insulting the military', Al-Araby Al-Jadeed


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